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William Dwight Whitney

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American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)

Born February 9, 1827
Died 1894

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  • Cover of: The life and growth of language: an outline of linguistic science

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  • Cover of: A Sanskrit grammar: including both the classical language, and the older dialects, of Veda and Brahmana

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  • Cover of: The roots, verb-forms, and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language.: A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar

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  • Cover of: Language, and the study of language.: Twelve lectures on the principles of linguistic science.

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  • Cover of: Oriental and linguistic studies ...

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  • Cover of: A compendious German grammar

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  • Cover of: Essentials of English grammar

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  • Cover of: Elementary lessons in English for home and school use.: [Part 1]

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  • Cover of: A Sanskrit Grammar

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  • Cover of: A practical French grammar: with exercises and illustrative sentences from French authors

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  • Cover of: A compendious German and English dictionary: with notation of correspondences and brief etymologies

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  • Cover of: A Sanskrit grammar, including both the classical language, and the older dialects, of Veda and Brahmana.

    First published in 1941 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Language and the study of language: twelve lectures on the principles of linguistic science

    First published in 1867 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Century dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

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  • Cover of: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ...

    First published in 1895 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Atharvaveda Samhita (Parimal Sanskrit series)

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: An English Grammar for the Higher Grades in Grammar Schools

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  • Cover of: An English Grammar for the Higher Grades in Grammar Schools: Adapted from "Essentials of English ...

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  • Cover of: Indische Grammatik: Umfassend die klassische Sprache und die älteren Dialekte

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We need a photo of William Dwight Whitney

American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)

Born February 9, 1827
Died 1894

Subjects

English language, Grammar, Dictionaries, Language and languages, Atlases, Biography, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Comparative linguistics, Sanskrit language, Vedas, German language, French language, Linguistics, Readers, Vedic language, Language, Names, Oriental philology, Verb, Astronomy, Composition and exercises, Concordances, English, German, Hinduism

Places

Orient

People

F. Max Müller (1823-1900), William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894)

Time

1870-1949, 1870-, 1870-1950

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Alternative names

  • Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894
  • Whitney, W. D. (William Dwight), 1827-1894
  • Whitney, William Dwight
  • Dwight Whitney William
  • William Dwlight Whitney
  • W.D. Whitney
  • William Dwight WHITNEY

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
July 31, 2018 Edited by DriniBot removing erroneous .comment
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import