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.
- Occupation
- lexicographer, linguist, librarian, translator
- Position held
- President of the Society for Classical Studies
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 9, 1827
- Died
