William Merritt Sale Jr. (16 February 1899, Louisville, Kentucky — 7 January 1981, Ithaca, N. Y.) was a professor of English at Cornell University,[1] considered an authority on 18th-century English literature.[1]
After studying at Yale, where Chauncey Brewster Tinker directed his thesis, Sale went on to join the faculty at Cornell in 1936. Named Goldwin Smith Professor of English in 1959, he was named professor emeritus upon retirement in 1968.[2]
^ abcde"William M. Sale Jr., 81; An Authority on English." January 9, 1981. The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^Caputi, Anthony et al. "Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement." Cornell University. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^Steiner, Wendy. The Sign in Music and Literature: "Bibliography", p. 233. University of Texas Press, 2014. ISBN9780292769366. At Google Books. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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