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Noah Webster
Father of American Scholarship and Education
Author of the first American Speller and the first Dictionary
Published 'An American Dictionary of the English Language'
Father of American Scholarship and Education
Author of the first American Speller and the first Dictionary
Published 'An American Dictionary of the English Language'
Noah Webster, Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read, secularizing their education. According to Ellis (1979) he gave Americans "a secular catechism to the nation-state". His name became synonymous with "dictionary", especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. » Full Bio
The Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence.
~ Noah Webster
~ Noah Webster
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