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Hayden White

American historian (1928-2018) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

Hayden V. White was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism. He wrote Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe in 1973.

Hayden White is read about 130 times a day, in 32 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Berlin Prize2003
Guggenheim Fellowship1980
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2018 · aged 89