Background
Wheeler, William Adolphus was born on November 14, 1833 in Leicester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Amos Dean and Louisa (Warren) Wheeler.
Wheeler, William Adolphus was born on November 14, 1833 in Leicester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Amos Dean and Louisa (Warren) Wheeler.
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1853, Master of Arts, 1856.
Assistant of Joseph Emerson Worcester in preparing his quarto Dictionary of the English Language, 1860. Member editorial staff Merriam Company, supervised new unabridged quarto edit Webster Dictionary, also new edits of National, Academic and smaller dictionaries, 1864.
Assistant superintendent Boston Public Library, 1868-1874.
Published edit of Mother Goose’s Melodies, 1869. Edited Brief Biographical Dictionary, 1866, Dickens Dictionary, 1873.
Author: A Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling, 1861. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, 1865.
Who Wrote lieutenant?, 1881; Familiar Allusions, 1882.
Member editorial staff Merriam Company, supervised new unabridged quarto edit Webster Dictionary, also new edits of National, Academic and smaller dictionaries, 1864.
Married Olive Winsor Frazar, July 13, 1856, at least 6 children.