WHITE, THOMAS: English Roman Catholic, controversial writer under various pseudonyms (Thomas Anglus, Albius, Bianchi, Blacklow, Candidus); b. probably at Hutton (20 m. e.n.e. of London), Essex, 1593; d. in London July 6, 1676. He studied at the English College at St. Omer, at Valladolid (entered 1609), and at Douai; was ordained priest at Arms 1617, taught at Douai at different times (vice-president in 1650), was president of the English college at Lisbon 1633, and also lived in Paris and Rome. His last years were spent in England in literary work. He wrote much upon philosophical and theological questions, and developed a system of his own and applied it to religious doctrines, especially freedom, grace, and predestination, with an independence that brought him into conflict with those of his own faith; his works were put upon the index. At the same time he saw no way to solve the difficulties of Scripture except by permanent authority, and hence fell into controversy with Protestants. He ultimately submitted unreservedly to the Roman Catholic Church. He edited William Rushworth's Dialogues or the Judgment of Common Sense in the Choice of Religion (Paris, 1654), adding a dialogue of his own, and published An Apology for Rushworth's Dialogues (2 parts, 1654), wherein his views are best set forth. Other works include Institutiorxes peripateticce (Lyons, 1646), and Institutiones sacrce (1652), from which twenty-two propositions were censured by the University of Douai in 1660; De medic artimarum statu (Paris, 1653; Eng., 1659); The Grounds of Obedience arid Government (London, 1655), in which, it was charged, he tried to flatter Cromwell to gain his favor for the Roman Catholics; Irtstittctiones ethics sive staterce morum (2 vols., 1660).

Bibliography: (P. Talbot, Blackloanee hwreaia hist. et confutatio, Ghent, 1875; C. Plowden, Remarks on a Book Entitled "Memoirs of Gregorio Panzani," pp. 255-273, London, 1794; G. Dodd, Church. Hist. of England, iii. 285, 350-356, 5 vols., London, 1839-43; F. H. Reusch, Der Index der verbotenen Bücher, ii. 384, 411, Bonn, 1885; J. Gillow, Biographical Dictionary of English Catholics, v. 578-581, London, n.d.; Bayle, Dictionary, i. 338-340; DNB, lad. 79-81; KL, i. 853-854.

WHITE, WILBERT WEBSTER: United Presbyterian; b. at Ashland, O., Jan. 16, 1863. He studied at the University of Wooster (B.A., 1881; M.A., 1884), Xenia Theological Seminary (graduated 1885), and Yale University (Ph.D., 1891); was pastor at Peotone, Ill., 1885-86; professor of Hebrew and Old-Testament literature in the Xenia Theological Seminary, 1890-95; taught in the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1895-97; engaged in Bible work in India and England, 1897-1900; and became president of the Bible Teachers' Training School, New York City, 1900. He has written Inductive Studies in the Twelve Minor Prophets (Chicago, 1894); Thirty Studies in the Gospel by John (New York, 1895); Thirty Studies in Jeremiah (1895); Thirty Studies in the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John (1898); Studies in Old Testament Characters (1900); and Thirty Studies in the Gospel by Matthew (1903).

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