William Peterfield Trent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Peterfield Trent

United States man of letters

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1862

Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1939

Profession: historian, biographer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Peterfield Trent, LL.D., D.C.L.
(10 November 1862 – 7 December 1939) was an American academic and the author/editor of many books.
He was a professor of English literature at Sewanee: The University of the South and Columbia University.
While at Sewanee, he founded the Sewanee Review in 1892, a literary journal that continues to operate.