T.H. White(1906-1964)
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T. H. White was born in India, where his father was a member of the
Indian Civil Service, and was educated at Cheltenham and Queen's
College, Cambridge. He was an English master at Stowe School from 1930
to 1936, and while there, completed his first real critical success,
England Have My Bones, which was an autobiographical account of his
country life. He afterward devoted himself exclusively to writing and
to studying such obscure subjects as the Arthurian legends, which were
to provide the material for his books. White was reclusive by nature,
often isolating himself for long periods from human society, and
spending his time hunting, fishing, and looking after his often strange
collection of pets. He was a novelist, a satirist, and a social
historian who probably was best known for his brilliant adaptation of
Sir Thomas Malory's 15th-century romance, Morte d'Arthur into the
quartet of novels called The Once and Future King. He wrote books about
hunting and other sports, a detective novel, books of adventure and
fantasy, and many short stories and poems. He published a book of poems
while still at Cambridge (Loved Helen and Other Poems), and continued
to write poetry throughout his life. He died aboard ship in Greece
while returning home from his American lecture tour. His last book,
America At Last, which was published after his death, records the
tour.
