Smithsonian Publishes "Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba Language"

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Summary

Reverend T. J. Bowen's "Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba Language" is published in volume 10 of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. First Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry considers the study of languages as key to understanding the origins and history of different human societies.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Bowen, T. J (Thomas Jefferson) 1814-1875
  • Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (Publication)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • This publication can be found at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20489484.
  • Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 10, Article 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1858.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

May 1858

Topic

  • Publications
  • Language and languages
  • Ethnology
  • Ethnologists
  • Linguistics
  • Yoruba (African people)
  • Africans

Place

Africa

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