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Noah Webster
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American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
Noah Webster was an American lexicographer and textbook writer who lived from 1758 to 1843 and played a major role in shaping how American English was taught and standardized. He is best known for creating influential spelling textbooks and dictionaries that established many of the spelling conventions Americans still use today, and for his efforts to reform and standardize the English language in the newly independent United States.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1758
- Died
- 1843
- Works
- 509
Top works
- New collegiate dictionary
- Third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged
- Elements of useful knowledge, containing a historical and geographical account of the United States
- Elements of useful knowledge. Volume I.
- Webster's New international dictionary
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-03-27
- Active to
- 1973-09-20
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 6
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,411x
- The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary
· 2016 · cited 13,222x
- The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
· 2020 · cited 11,279x
- Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample
· 2010 · cited 8,627x
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Quotes
- “There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, it wil proov that we are less under the influence of reezon than our ancestors.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Noah Webster Jr. , ( 1758-10-16 ) October 16, 1758, Western Division of Hartford , Connecticut Colony , British America
- Died
- May 28, 1843 (1843-05-28) (aged 84), New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
- Resting place
- Grove Street Cemetery
- Party
- Federalist
- Spouse
- Rebecca Greenleaf Webster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 26, 1789</span>"}]]}'>1789 )
- Alma mater
- Yale College
- Occupation
- Lexicographer Author
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- Connecticut Militia
- Battles wars
- American Revolutionary War
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- Image
- Noah Webster pre-1843 IMG 4412.JPG
- Number of children
- 8
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A portrait of Webster by Samuel Morse Webster's home in New Haven, Connecticut, where he wrote An American Dictionary of the English Language; the home was later relocated to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) 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 was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, Webster graduated from Yale College in 1778. He passed the bar examination after studying law under Oliver Ellsworth and others but was unable to find work as a lawyer. He found some financial success by opening a private school and writing a series of educational books, including the "Blue-Back Speller". A strong supporter of the American Revolution and the ratification of the United States Constitution, Webster later criticized American society as being in need of an intellectual foundation. He believed American nationalism had distinctive qualities that differed from European values.