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
Martin J. Manning
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Wheeler, William Adolphus (1833-1874), lexicographer, bibliographer, and librarian
William M. Grealish
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....
