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American historian, author (1939–2019)

William Seale was an American historian and author whose primary interest was in historic architecture, particularly that of the White House, state capitols, and historic governors' mansions, who was "instrumental in preserving many historic structures across the country", including private homes.^[1] In 1983, he founded the scholarly journal White House History, which he edited for the White House Historical Association until his death.

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Seale was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, the son of William Seale, a contractor^[2] who studied historic building practices, and Eugenia Broocks Seale, who "had an eye for interiors"^[3] and furnishings. He attended Southwestern University (BA 1961) and Duke University (MA 1964 and PhD 1965).

He taught for several years at Lamar University, the University of Houston, the University of South Carolina, and Columbia University. In 1965, he moved to Washington