William Allen White was born on February 10, 1868 and died on January 29, 1944.  He was a renowned American newspaper editor and an author.  He also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for an editorial he wrote (To an Anxious Friend) which was published July 27, 1922.  As an editor, he spoke out strongly against political and social conditions that he felt were negatively impacting society.  He held strong to small-town values and common sense.   

Learn more about this famous writer in his autobiography - The Autobiography of William Allen White: Second Edition, Revised and Abridged