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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 edition cu31924011326513 Cover of edition sanskritgrammari00whituoft Cover of edition sanskritgrammari00whit Cover of edition asanskritgramma00whitgoog Cover of edition sanskritgrammar0000whit First published in 1879 — 20 editions
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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 edition rootsverbformspr0000whit First published in 1885 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Language and the study of language.
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    Cover of edition cu31924026442156 Cover of edition languagestudyofl00whitrich Cover of edition languagestudyofl0000whit First published in 1867 — 16 editions
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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 edition cu31924026549323 Cover of edition cu31924026549315 First published in 1869 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Sanskrit grammar: including both the classical language and older dialects, of Veda and Brahmana

    First published in 1879 — 4 editions
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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 ...
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    First published in 1895 — 4 editions
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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 edition cihm_25759 Cover of edition elementarylesso00whitgoog First published in 1880 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Language and the study of language: twelve lectures on the principles of linguistic science
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    First published in 1867 — 3 editions
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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.
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    First published in 1941 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The life and growth of language

    First published in 1876 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Atharva veda sanhita

    First published in 1924 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Die Sprachwissenschaft: Vorlesungen über die vergleichende Sprachforschung

    First published in 1874 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: An English grammar for higher grades in grammar schools: Adapted from "Essentials of English grammar"

    First published in 1892 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Atharva-veda Saṁhitā

    First published in 1905 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Atharva-Vedasaṃhitā =: Atharvavedasaṃhitā : Sanskrit text, English translation, notes & index of verses according to the translation of W.D. Whitney and Bhāṣya of Sāyaṇācārya (including 20th kāṇḍa)

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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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, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Atlases, Biography, Sanskrit language, Vedas, Comparative linguistics, German language, French language, Linguistics, Names, Readers, Vedic language, Verb, Language, Oriental philology, Astronomy, Composition and exercises, Concordances, English, German, Hinduism

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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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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
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
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import