William Strunk

William Strunk Jr. was an American professor of English at Cornell University for 46 years, best known for authoring the first edition of *The Elements of Style* in 1918, a concise guide to English writing usage and composition.[1][2] He earned a BA from the University of Cincinnati in 1890 and a PhD from Cornell in 1896, also writing *English Metres* in 1922 and editing works by Shakespeare and others.[3] After his death, former student E.B. White revised the book, making it widely influential as 'Strunk & White'.[1]