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WHITNEY, WILLIAM D.

\wˈɪtnɪ], \wˈɪtnɪ], \w_ˈɪ_t_n_ɪ]\

Definitions of WHITNEY, WILLIAM D.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1827-1894), became a professor of Sanskrit in Yale College in 1854 and of comparative philology in 1870. He was the president of the American Oriental society from 1884 to 1894. He was editor-in-chief of the "Century Dictionary."

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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