William Merritt Sale Jr. (16 February 1899, Louisville, Kentucky — 7 January 1981, Ithaca, N. Y.) was a professor of English at Cornell University,"William M. Sale Jr., 81; An Authority on English." January 9, 1981. The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2019. considered an authority on 18th-century English literature.
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.Caputi, Anthony et al. "Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement." Cornell University. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
From 1944 to 1960 Sale was the chief reader in English composition for the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB).
His students at Cornell included Louis Auchincloss, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Harold Bloom, Whitney Balliett, and Helen Vendler.
Sale had three sons: William M. 3d of St. Louis, Roger of Seattle and Kirkpatrick of New York.
Publications
1936: Samuel Richardson: A Bibliographical Record 1950: Samuel Richardson, Master Printer 1972: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë; William Sale (editor). New York: Norton Critical EditionsSteiner, Wendy. The Sign in Music and Literature: "Bibliography", p. 233. University of Texas Press, 2014. . At Google Books. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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