William Dwight Whitney

1827 - 1894

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country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Tübingen, Williams College, Humboldt University of Berlin

occupation: lexicographer, linguist, librarian, translator, writer, university teacher

award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

position held: President of the Society for Classical Studies

William Dwight Whitney (February 9, 1827 – June 7, 1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. He was the first president of the American Philological Association and editor-in-chief of The Century Dictionary. Source: Wikipedia (en)