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Addison Van Name
BornNovember 15, 1835 Edit this on Wikidata
Chenango Edit this on Wikidata
DiedSeptember 29, 1922 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 86)
OccupationLibrarian Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenRalph Gibbs Van Name, Willard Gibbs Van Name Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
  • Theodosia van Name Edit this on Wikidata

Addison Van Name (November 15, 1835 – September 29, 1922) was an American philologist and librarian, serving as University Librarian at Yale University from 1865 to 1904. He himself attended Yale, graduating as valedictorian in 1858.[1]

He was a member of the Acorn Club, to which he was elected in 1901. He was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

His wife Julia's elder brother was Josiah Willard Gibbs.

Works

  • "Contributions to Creole Grammar" in Transactions of the American Philological Association (1869)
  • Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University (1913)

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Addison Van Name, Veteran at Yale, is Dead". New York Tribune. September 30, 1922. p. 9.