William Dwight Whitney
(1827-1894)
American orientalist
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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.
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9 February 1827 Northampton, Massachusetts
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| Died |
8 June 1894 (aged 67) New Haven, Connecticut
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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