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William Dwight Whitney

1827 - 1894

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Dwight Whitney is the 159th most popular linguist (down from 146th in 2019), the 7,632nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,441st in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, William Dwight Whitney ranks 159 out of 214. Before him are William Stokoe, Hermann Möller, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Heinrich Schmid, Arsène Darmesteter, and Alice Kober. After him are Hermann Hirt, Takekazu Asaka, Jane Ellen Harrison, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Christiane Nord, and Vladimir I. Georgiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, William Dwight Whitney ranks 61. Before him are George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Lydia Becker, Ramón Emeterio Betances, and Charles John Andersson. After him are José Manuel Marroquín, Lev Lagorio, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Quintino Sella, Emma Schenson, and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford. Among people deceased in 1894, William Dwight Whitney ranks 72. Before him are Gillis Bildt, Jubal Early, Illarion Pryanishnikov, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Verney Lovett Cameron, and Alphons Czibulka. After him are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Emilio Arrieta, José Eugenio Ellauri, Kitamura Tokoku, and Victor Duruy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Dwight Whitney ranks 7,634 out of 20,380. Before him are Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Joe Kennedy III (1980), Sidney Johnson (1877), Margaret O'Brien (1937), Charles A. Beard (1874), and Tracey Walter (1947). After him are Norris Bradbury (1909), Jon Gries (1957), Frankie Knuckles (1955), Juanita Moore (1914), Christopher Landon (1975), and Michelle Akers (1966).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, William Dwight Whitney ranks 15. Before him are George Lakoff (1941), Morris Swadesh (1909), Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), William Stokoe (1919), and Alice Kober (1906). After him are Robert Blust (1940), Dell Hymes (1927), George Perkins Marsh (1801), Kenneth Lee Pike (1912), Daniel Everett (1951), and Charles F. Hockett (1916).

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