# William Dwight Whitney

> William Dwight Whitney 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.

*American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1827-02-09
- **Died:** 1894-06-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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