lexicographer
William Dwight Whitney.
American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)
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About William Dwight Whitney
William Dwight Whitney 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.
Everything about William Dwight Whitney →- Occupation
- lexicographer, linguist, librarian, translator
- Position held
- President of the Society for Classical Studies
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 9, 1827
- Died
- June 7, 1894