About Addison Van Name
Lived 1835 – 1922 (aged 86). Addison Van Name was an American librarian.
Addison Van Name (November 15, 1835 – September 29, 1922) was an American philologist and librarian, serving as University Librarian of Yale University from 1865 to 1904, and was made librarian emeritus in 1905. During his forty year tenure as University Librarian, the number of volumes in the Yale Library increased from 44,500 to 475,000. and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery.
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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American philologist and librarian (1835–1922)
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