Whitney, William Dwight ♂

Education

LL.D. 14.2.1874.

Birth/childhood

Born 5.2.1827 son of Joseph Dwight Whitney, businessman and banker, Northampton, Mass. [Northampton, Massachusetts] and Sarah Whitson.

Career

Studied William College and Yale University.

Professor of Sanskrit, Yale University from 1854 and also of philology from 1869. Linguist, Sanskrit scholar and lexicographer. [University professor]

Publications

Death

Died at New Haven, Conn. [Conneticut, U.S.A.] 7.6.1894.

Sources

• American national biography