Hayden White | |
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| Born | July 12, 1928 Martin, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 2018 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Notable works | Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe |
Hayden White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism. He was most famous for his work Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973/2014). He ended his career as University Professor Emeritus at the history of consciousness department of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
