James Morris Whiton Jr. was a teacher, linguist, lexicographer and clergyman. He is credited with creating the first Harvard–Yale Regatta in 1853, and is notable as one of the first three individuals to earn a PhD at an American university, earning the degree in classics at Yale University in 1861.
- Occupation
- classical philologist, secondary school teacher, lexicographer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 11, 1833
- Died
- January 25, 1920
