Noah Webster
Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, and editor. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education." His Blue-backed Speller books taught five generations of children in the United States how to spell and read, and in the U.S. his name became synonymous with "dictionary," especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary which was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Biography
Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of Hartford, Connecticut to an agricultural colonial family. His father was a farmer and a weaver. Noah's siblings were his brothers, Charles and Abraham, and his sisters, Mercy and Jerusha. His father was a descendant of Connecticut Governor John Webster; his mother was a descendant of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony.
At the age of 16, he began attending Yale, the sole college......
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