Allibone, Samuel Austin (17 April 1816–02 September 1889), lexicographer and librarian, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The family record is sketchy; genealogical records indicate that Allibone’s parents were probably William Allibone and Mary Smith, a descendant of Pennsylvania’s first English settlers. Little is known about Allibone’s early years or of his education except that he was a bibliophile from an early age. He married Mary Henry, the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia merchant and philanthropist, who helped him in his library work; the couple had one child. Allibone worked in the mercantile business and then for the Insurance Company of North America in Philadelphia. His first printed work, ...
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Allibone, Samuel Austin (1816-1889), lexicographer and librarian
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Martin J. Manning
Turner, William Wadden (23 October 1810–29 November 1859), philologist and librarian, was born in London, England, the son of Robert Wadden Turner, a contractor and lumber merchant, and Elizabeth Jamison. Turner came with his family to New York City in 1818. His love of languages started early when he determined to study Hebrew at the age of six. He received a liberal preliminary education in the New York public schools and was apprenticed to a carpenter. His father died in 1821 and his mother in 1828. Turner studied printing, took up that trade, and hired a young German to “roll” the hand presses, then in use, and to teach him German....
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Wheeler, William Adolphus (1833-1874), lexicographer, bibliographer, and librarian
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Wheeler, William Adolphus (14 November 1833–28 October 1874), lexicographer, bibliographer, and librarian, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, the son of Amos Dean Wheeler, a Unitarian minister, and Louisa Warren. Having spent much of his youth at Topsham, Maine, Wheeler attended Bowdoin College, where he received an A.B. in 1853 and an A.M. three years later....
