Gleeson White
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Gleeson Joseph William White (1851-1898) was an English writer on art, born at Christ Church, in Hampshire. He was educated at Christ Church School and afterward became a member of the Art Workers Guild. He moved to New York City in 1890 where he conducted the Art Amateur (1891-92. He returned to England in 1893, and founded the publication Studio, which he edited for about a year, and to which he contributed for the rest of his life. He also edited during his last years the "Ex Libris Series"; the "Connoisseur Series"; the "Pageant"; and, with E. T. Strange, Bell's "Cathedral Series." His publications relative to art include:
- Practical Designing (1893; third edition, 1897)
- Salisbury Cathedral (1896)
- English Illustrations in the Sixties (1897)
- Master Painters of Great Britain (four volumes, 1897-98)