ElwynBrooks"E.B."White 　　ElwynBrooks"E.B."White(July11,1899-October1,1985)[1]wasanAmericanwriter,bestknownastheauthorofchildren'sbooksCharlotte'sWebandStuartLittle,andastheco-authorofthewidelyusedlanguageguideTheElementsofStyle. 　　Biography 　　Earlylifeandcareer 　　E.B.WhitegraduatedfromCornellUniversitywithaBachelorofArtsdegreein1921.Hepickedupthenickname"Andy"atCornell,wheretraditionconfersthatmonikeronanymalestudentsurnamedWhite,afterCornellco-founderAndrewDicksonWhite.WhileatCornell,heworkedaseditorofTheCornellDailySunwithclassmateAllisonDanzigwholaterbecameasportswriterforTheNewYorkTimes.WhitewasalsoamemberoftheQuillandDaggersocietyandPhiGammaDelta(FIJI).HewroteforTheSeattleTimesandtheSeattlePost-Intelligencer,andworkedforanadvertisingagencybeforereturningtoNewYorkCityin1924. 　　HepublishedhisfirstarticleinTheNewYorkermagazinein1925,thenjoinedthestaffin1927andcontinuedtocontributeforsixdecades.Bestrecognizedforhisessaysandunsigned"NotesandComment"pieces,hegraduallybecameoneofthemostimportantcontributorstoTheNewYorkeratatimewhenitwasarguablythemostimportantAmericanliterarymagazine.HealsoservedasacolumnistforHarper'sMagazinefrom1938to1943.Heexcelledasawriteroflightverse,ascanbesampledinhis"TheFoxofPeapackandOtherPoems"in1928. 　　Children'sbooksandElementsofStyle 　　Inthelate1930s,Whiteturnedhishandtochildren'sfictiononbehalfofaniece,JaniceHartWhite.Hisfirstchild'sbook,StuartLittle,waspublishedin1945,andCharlotte'sWebappearedin1952.StuartLittlereceivedalukewarmwelcomefromtheliterarycommunityatfirst,dueinpart[citationneeded]tothereluctancetoendorseitbyAnneCarrollMoore,theretiredbutstillpowerfulchildren'slibrarianfromtheNewYorkPublicLibrary.However,bothwentontoreceivehighacclaim,andin1970jointlywontheLauraIngallsWilderMedal.Thatsameyear,hepublishedhisthirdchildren'snovel,TheTrumpetoftheSwan,whichin1973receivedtheSequoyahAward[citationneeded]fromOklahomaandtheWilliamAllenWhiteAward[citationneeded]fromKansas,bothofwhichwereawardedbystudentsvotingfortheirfavoritebookoftheyear. 　　In1959,WhiteeditedandupdatedTheElementsofStyle.ThishandbookofgrammarandlanguagestyleforwritersofAmericanEnglishhadbeenwrittenandpublishedin1918byWilliamStrunk,Jr.,oneofWhite'sprofessorsatCornell.White'sreworkofthebookwasextremelywellreceived,andfurthereditionsoftheworkfollowedin1972,1979,and1999;anillustratededitionfollowedin2005.Thatsameyear,aNewYorkcomposernamedNicoMuhlypremieredashortoperabasedonthebook.Thevolumeisastandardtoolforstudentsandwritersandremainsrequiredreadinginmanycompositionclasses. 　　Familyandlaterlife 　　WhitemarriedKatharineSergeantAngellin1929.AngellwasalsoaneditoratTheNewYorker,andtheauthor(asKatharineWhite)ofOnwardandUpwardintheGarden.Theyhadason,JoelWhite,anavalarchitectandboatbuilder,whoownedBrooklinBoatyardinBrooklin,Maine.Katharine'ssonfromherfirstmarriage,RogerAngell,hasspentdecadesasafictioneditorforTheNewYorkerandiswell-knownasthemagazine'sbaseballwriter.WhitewasrelatedtoJames