William Dwight Whitney
American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)
William Dwight Whitney was born on February 9, 1827 in Northampton and died on June 7, 1894 in New Haven, aged 67. Recorded occupations: lexicographer, linguist, librarian, translator, writer and university teacher. Country of citizenship: United States. Positions held include President of the Society for Classical Studies. Fields of work: linguistics and philology. Educated at University of Tübingen, Williams College and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Honours include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member of Society for Classical Studies, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, American Society for Premodern Asia and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Born
- February 9, 1827 · Northampton
- Died
- June 7, 1894 · New Haven
- Age at death
- 67
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- lexicographer, linguist, librarian, translator, writer, university teacher
- Positions held
- President of the Society for Classical Studies
- Education
- University of Tübingen, Williams College, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Honours
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Wikipedia editions
- 20 languages
- Signature licence
- Public domain
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