Hayden White

Hayden V. White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973/2014).

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
  • Sharon Traweek
  • Norman J. Wilson
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