About William Merritt Sale
Lived 1899 – 1981 (aged 81–82). William Merritt Sale was a literary scholar and scholar of English.
William Merritt Sale Jr. (16 February 1899, Louisville, Kentucky — 7 January 1981, Ithaca, N. Y.) was a professor of English at Cornell University, considered an authority on 18th-century English literature.
From 1944 to 1960 Sale was the chief reader in English composition for the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB).
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American literature professor
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William Merritt Sale was born on 16 February 1899.
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William Merritt Sale died in 1981.
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William Merritt Sale was a literary scholar and scholar of English.
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