Edwin Hotchkiss Tuttle papers

Edwin Hotchkiss Tuttle was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 23, 1879 in New Haven, Conn. His father was Lucius Bement Tuttle, '63 L. and his mother, Emma Louise (Hotchkiss) Tuttle (Mount Holyoke ex-'77). Yale relatives include: Luzon B. Morris, '54 (uncle); Charles G. Morris '95, and Ray Morris, '01 (cousins).

He attended Hillhouse High School. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1901. While at Yale, he was First Berkeley Premium Freshman year; philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduating, Tuttle continued his studies at the Yale Graduate School between 1901 and 1903, and for another year at the University of Paris. He was profoundly interested in language, and made it a lifelong goal to study all the known languages of the world. He taught language at the Mackenzie School in Dobbs Ferry, New York as well as at the Boys' Latin School in Baltimore, Maryland. On January 25, 1939, in Washington, D.C., Tuttle hanged himself.

He had been associated with the Languages Publishing Company, Washington, for about twenty years before his death; special editor connected with the publication of Webster's New International Dictionary ; in recent years had resided in summer at Mount Carmel, Conn.; author: Dravidian Developments(1930) and numerous articles on philology and allied subjects published in American and European learned journals; member Association Phonétique Internationale and Center Church (Congregational), New Haven.

Unmarried.

Died January 25, 1939, in Washington, D.C.Took his own life. Buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Wolcott, Conn. Survived by two brothers, Lucius Tuttle, '01, and Charles P. Tuttle, '06.

Mr. Tuttle bequeathed his books, magazines, and pamphlets to the University.

(Taken from Yale Obituary Record, 1940, pp. 114-115).