out that no one has controverted this principle "but it is often easier to discover a truth than to assign to it the appropriate place." Although he suffered from a heart ailment in his later years, he was editor-in-chief of the first edition of the respected Century Dictionary, which appeared from 1889 to 1891. Honors Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1860. Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1868. Elected foreign knight of the Prussian order Pour le Mérite for science and arts in 1881. Works Atharva Veda, editor with Rudolf von Roth (1856–1857) Language and the Study of Language: Twelve Lectures on the Principles of Linguistic Science (1867) Taittiriya Pratisakhya, editor and translator (1868) A Compendious German Grammar (1869, 6th edn. 1888) On Material and Form in Language (1872) Oriental and Linguistic Studies — First Series: The Veda, The Avesta, The Science of Language (1872) Oriental and Linguistic Studies — Second Series: The East and West, Religion and Mythology, Hindu Astronomy (1874) Darwinism and Language (1874) The Life and Growth of Language: An Outline of Linguistic Science (1875) Essentials of English Grammar for the Use of Schools (1877)* Sanskrit Grammar: Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects, of Veda and Brahmana (1879, 2d edn. 1889) Language and its Study: with Special Reference to the Indo-European (lectures) (1880)* Logical Consistency in Views of Language (1880) Mixture in Language (1881) A Brief German Grammar (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language (supplement to Sanskrit Grammar) (1885) Practical French Grammar (1887)* A Compendious German and English Dictionary (1887)* The Century Dictionary (editor) (1889–1891) Introductory French Reader (1891)* Max Müller and the Science of Language: A Criticism (1892) Atharva Veda Samhita 3 volumes (translator) The History of Sanskrit Grammar (Indian reprint edition of Sanskrit Grammar) Manuscript Diary (photo reprint) NB: Dates marked * may not be first publication. Modern collections Oriental and Linguistic Essays On the Vedas Whitney on Language: Selected Writings of William Dwight Whitney Notes References External links William Dwight Whitney, (1827–1894), Whitney Research Group William Dwight Whitney William Dwight Whitney at Yale American National Biography Online of William Dwight Whitney The Descendants of John Whitney, pp. 486–490. Full biography : The Century Dictionary gratis online and they are "planning a CD version". Judith Ann Schiff, "Advice for the language-lorn", Yale Alumni Magazine, March/April 2010 (description