Addison Van Name
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]
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Born | November 15, 1835 ![]() Chenango ![]() |
Died | September 29, 1922 ![]() |
Occupation | Librarian ![]() |
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)
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gollark: Well, 0.5% or so death rate, it's not great.
gollark: Well, that seems to partly be for vaccines and testing, which don't seem to have much of a possible counting issue going on. The other bit is for treatment, and I don't think they would particularly want to go to the hassle of treating people who don't actually have it.
gollark: Why?
gollark: For who to do that, exactly?
References
- "Prof. Addison Van Name, Veteran at Yale, is Dead". New York Tribune. September 30, 1922. p. 9.
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