James Terry White, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Terry White

American publisher and poet

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1845

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1920

Profession: poet, publisher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Terry White (July 3, 1845 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – April 3, 1920 in Manhattan, New York) was an American publisher and poet.
Given his wide range of interests and involvement in various businesses and cultural activities, he was reputed to be a Renaissance man.
In 1862, he joined the San Francisco publishing firm H.H.
Bancroft & Co.
In 1869, White founded a publishing company bearing his name, James T.
White Co.
in San Francisco; and in 1886, with his son George Derby White, moved its headquarters to New York City.
The firm published the first edition of The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography in 1891.
At the death of his son in 1939, thirty-one volumes had been published, each containing about 1,000 biographies and 450 pages.