Katharine Sergeant Angell White

Katharine Sergeant Angell White (September 17, 1892 – July 20, 1977) was a writer and the fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1960. In her obituary, printed in The New Yorker in 1977, William Shawn wrote that "More than any other editor except Harold Ross himself, Katharine White gave The New Yorker its shape, and set it on its course."

Personal facts

Katharine Sergeant Angell White
Birth dateSeptember 17, 1892
Birth nameKatharine Sergeant
cause of death
Myocardial infarction
Date of deathJuly 20, 1977
Place of death
Blue Hill Maine
Education
Bryn Mawr College
Spouse
Ernest Angell
Children
Joel White
Nancy Angell Stableford

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  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A21723608