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About Addison Van Name
Addison Van Name was an American philologist and librarian, serving as University Librarian of Yale University from 1865 to 1904, and was made librarian emeritus in 1905. He himself attended Yale, graduating as valedictorian in 1858. During his forty year tenure as University Librarian, the number of volumes in the Yale Library increased from 44,500 to 475,000. His field of specialty was Orientalia. He taught Hebrew at Yale for four years, and for many years was Librarian of the American Oriental Society.
Everything about Addison Van Name →- Occupation
- librarian
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 15, 1835
- Died
- September 29, 1922