(1899–1985), US writer; full name Elwyn Brooks White. He was a chief contributor to The New Yorker magazine from 1926 and Harper's magazine 1938–43 and the author of the children's classics Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). White is also known for his 1959 revision of William Strunk Jr.’s The Elements of Style.
Definition of White, E. B. in US English:
White, E. B.
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(1899–1985), US writer; full name Elwyn Brooks White. He was a chief contributor to The New Yorker magazine from 1926 and Harper's magazine 1938–43 and the author of the children's classics Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). White is also known for his 1959 revision of William Strunk Jr.’s The Elements of Style.