June 8, 1850, Paris, Ontario, Canada.
March 17, 1927, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Educated at the University of Toronto, Whyte devoted himself to evangelistic and temperance work. Many of his songs appeared in separate editions published by the Toronto News Company or Briggs in Toronto, Canada. His works include:
- Sing Out the Glad News (editor with his brother, David Albert Whyte) (Toronto, Canada: 1885)
- Songs of Calvary, with his brother, David Albert Whyte (Toronto, Canada: W. Briggs, circa 1889)
- The Great Redemption (Toronto, Canada: W. Briggs, 1894)
- Nuggets of Gold for Temperance Campaigns (Toronto, Canada: W. Briggs, circa 1898)
- Battle Songs of the Cross (Toronto, Canada: W. Briggs, 1901)