Hayden White

This article is about the historian. For the footballer, see Hayden White (footballer).
Hayden White
Born
Hayden V. White

(1928-07-12)July 12, 1928
Martin, Tennessee, US
DiedMarch 5, 2018(2018-03-05) (aged 89)
Santa Cruz, California, US
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Doctoral studentsNancy Struever
Notable studentsLawrence Grossberg
Main interestsMetahistory
Notable worksMetahistory (1973)
Notable ideas
Influenced

Hayden V. White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism. He wrote Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe in 1973.

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