[Gutenberg 16844] • Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University
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- Authors
- Name, Addison Van
- Publisher
- Dodo Press
- Tags
- incunabula -- connecticut -- new haven -- bibliography -- catalogs , rare books -- connecticut -- new haven -- bibliography -- catalogs
- ISBN
- 9781409985310
- Date
- 2009-08-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.11 MB
- Lang
- en
Professor Addison Van Name (1835-1922) was an American librarian and linguist. He graduated from Yale as valedictorian in 1858. Until 1862 he was studying in German Universities. At that time he was a tutor and taught Hebrew in the theological seminary at Yale. From 1865 until 1904 he was a librarian. He began the acquisition of East Asian books for Yale and helped in building up the Yale collection of Asian literature. He authored Contribution to Creole Grammar (1869-1870) which represented the scientific study of Creole languages and Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University (1913).