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Noah Webster
Noah Webster was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". He authored a large number of "Blue-Back Speller" books which were used to teach American children how to spell and read. He is also the author for the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that wa…
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culture · American lexicographer and author (1758–1843) · lexicographer · linguist · journalist · politician · writer · opinion journalist · also Noah Webster, Noah Webster, Jr., Webster
Born 16 October 1758 · Died 28 May 1843 · Q241676
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2026· 2 entries
“epidemics and pestilential diseases”
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1850· 1 entry
Blackie and Son in Glasgow published the first general dictionary of English that relied heavily upon pictorial illustrations integrated with the text
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1843· 4 entries
Died 1843-05-28.
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A few days after he had completed making more specific definitions to the second edition, and with much of his efforts with the dictionary still unrecognized, Noah Webster died
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And the rights to the dictionary were acquired by George and Charles Merriam
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From Webster's estate and all contemporary Merriam-Webster dictionaries trace their lineage to that of Webster, although many others have adopted his name, attempting to share in the popularity
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1840· 1 entry
The second edition was published in two volumes
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1837· 1 entry
Webster criticized his daughter Eliza for her support for the abolitionist movement, writing that "slavery is a great sin and a general calamity—but it is not our sin, though it may prove to be a terrible calamity to us
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1834· 1 entry
Published Value of the Bible and Excellence of the Christian Religion, an apologetic book in defense of the Bible and Christianity itself
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1832· 1 entry
Webster wrote and published a history textbook titled History of the United States, which omitted any reference to the role of slavery in American history and included racist characterizations of African Americans
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1828· 1 entry
As An American Dictionary of the English Language
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1827· 2 entries
Also asking for his support to introduce a broader copyright law in the House of Representatives
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Webster was elected to the American Philosophical Society
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1826· 1 entry
Wrote Daniel Webster (no relation) for support
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1825· 1 entry
While Webster was in England, he learned that the British Parliament had enacted a new law on copyrights, by which the rights of authors were much extended
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1822· 1 entry
His family moved back to New Haven, where Webster was awarded an honorary degree from Yale the following year
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1812· 1 entry
Where he helped to found Amherst College
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1808· 2 entries
Became a convert to Calvinistic orthodoxy, and thereafter became a devout Congregationalist who preached the need to Christianize the nation
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In his early years, Webster was a freethinker, but in 1808 he became a convert to Calvinistic orthodoxy, and thereafter became a devout Congregationalist who preached the need to Christianize the nation.
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1806· 1 entry
Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
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1802· 1 entry
Works by Noah Webster at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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1799· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1799).
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1758· 1 entry
Born 1758-10-16.
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