Williams College University of Berlin University of Tübingen University of Breslau
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Linguist, philologist
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Yale University
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Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin
Children
Edwin Baldwin
Williston Clapp
Marian Parker
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Emily Henrietta
Margaret Dwight
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Whitney family
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William Dwight Whitney (February 9, 1827 – June 7, 1894) 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.
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wood-engraved illustrations. It was edited by Sanskrit scholar and linguist WilliamDwightWhitney, with Benjamin Eli Smith's assistance. In 1895 a 10-volume edition...
Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library WilliamDwightWhitney, The Century dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English...
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barley, saha — let them free us from distress. — Translated by WilliamDwightWhitney, Atharva Veda 11.6.15 Sushruta Samhita (c. 600 BCE) again mentions...
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Samhita, Book 2 Hymn 36: To get a husband for a woman, Translator: WilliamDwightWhitney, Atharva Veda Samhita Series - Harvard University (Editor: Charles...
The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of WilliamDwightWhitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith....
editor-in-chief of the revised edition after the death of editor WilliamDwightWhitney in 1894. As the editor, he was also responsible for the Century...
ended in divorce in 1939. Shortly after her divorce she married WilliamDwightWhitney, the lawyer who had handled the divorce. During this time she appeared...
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