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Born in London in 1882, Milne was a prolific humorist, editor, essayist and playwright.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Meg Bernhard is a journalist and essayist based in Las Vegas.
—Meg Bernhard, Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2025
Ladies first? Phoebe Robinson The Everything’s Trash star and essayist finished the marathon in 6:06:52.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
The great editor and essayist and I shared some similar interests, particularly in history, as well as a distrust of conventional wisdom and an appreciation of the absurd.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Meg Bernhard is a journalist and essayist based in Las Vegas.
—Meg Bernhard, Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2025
Ladies first? Phoebe Robinson The Everything’s Trash star and essayist finished the marathon in 6:06:52.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
The great editor and essayist and I shared some similar interests, particularly in history, as well as a distrust of conventional wisdom and an appreciation of the absurd.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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essayist
noun
es·say·ist
ˈes-ˌā-əst 
: a writer of essays
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