White, Henry Kirke, minor poet, born at Nottingham; published a book of poems in 1803, which procured him the patronage of Southey; got a sizarship in St. John's, Cambridge; through over-zeal in study undermined his constitution and died of consumption, Southey editing his “Remains” (1785‒1806).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
White, Gilbert * White, Joseph Blanco