American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)

Sûrya-Siddhânta : a text-book of Hindu astronomy / [translated] with notes and an appendix by Ebenezer Burgess.

The life and growth of language : an outline of linguistic science / By William Dwight Whitney.

Atharva-veda Saṁhitā / translated with critical and exegetical commentary by William Dwight Whitney ; revised and edited by Charles Rockwell Lanman.

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William Dwight Whitney

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Sûrya-Siddhânta : a text-book of Hindu astronomy / [translated] with notes and an appendix by Ebenezer Burgess.

The life and growth of language : an outline of linguistic science / By William Dwight Whitney.

Atharva-veda Saṁhitā / translated with critical and exegetical commentary by William Dwight Whitney ; revised and edited by Charles Rockwell Lanman.