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Noah Webster
Noah Webster 1758-1843, American lexicographer and philologist, b. West Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. After serving in the American Revolution, Webster practiced law in Hartford. His Grammatical Institute of the English Language, in three parts, speller, grammar, and reader (1783-85), was th... Read more
Noah Porter
Noah Porter 1811-92, American educator and philosopher, b. Farmington, Conn., grad. Yale, 1831. He entered the ministry in 1836. In 1846 he became professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Yale and from 1871 to 1886 was 12th president of the university. As president he steadfastly opposed mo... Read more
Amherst
Amherst town (1990 pop. 35,228), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst , it is a college town. Emily Dickinson was born and lived there all her life. Helen Hunt Jackson was also born there, and Ray Stannard Baker, Eugene Field, Robert Frost... Read more
West Hartford
West Hartford town (1990 pop. 60,110), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford ; settled c.1679, inc. 1854. Industrial production, which comprises a geographically small part of West Hartford, includes machinery, motor vehicle equipment, chemical products, and plastics. An affluent resid... Read more
Hartford
Hartford city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635-36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784. The second largest city in the state, it is a port of entry. Hartford was long ... Read more
New Haven
New Haven city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many manufactures, and the city serve... Read more
dictionary
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newspaper
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Webster, Noah
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758 West Hartford...Connecticut American lexicographer Noah Webster, American lexicographer (one who compiles...men in the United States. Early life Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in West...
Webster, Noah (1758–1843)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education WEBSTER, NOAH (1758 – 1843) The first person to write a dictionary of American English and permanently alter the spelling of American English, Noah Webster through his spelling book taught millions of American children to read...
Noah Webster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Noah Webster Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer, remembered now almost solely as the compiler of a continuously successful dictionary, was for half a century among the more influential and most active literary men in the United...
WEBSTER, Noah
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language WEBSTER, Noah [1758–1843]. American teacher...schoolchildren and for overemphasizing elocution. Webster's achievement with A Grammatical Institute...first federal copyright laws in 1790. Webster's lexicographical career began with...
Noah Porter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Noah Porter 1811-92, American educator and philosopher, b. Farmington...than an elective system. He edited (1864, 1890) revised editions of Noah Webster's dictionary and wrote a number of educational and philosophical works...
dictionary
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...merited. The American Dictionaries of Webster and Others The next great lexicographer...Samuel Johnson was an American, Noah Webster (1758-1843). The first edition of the book later known as Webster's Spelling Book appeared in 1783...
Spelling, Teaching of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education ...pronouncing it. The spelling books of Noah Webster (1758 – 1843), though...most of which was determined by Webster himself, who would also publish...of American English). Part I of Webster's Grammatical Institute of the...
Language, American
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...champion of American English was Noah Webster . While some British and Anglophile...English as provincial and corrupt, Webster inverted the argument. Combining...Johann David Michaelis, and others, Webster argued in such works as Dissertations...
Anthology Club
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...Ticknor, who, with such contributing members as Daniel Webster, Allston, Bryant, and Joseph Story, wrote for the...against provincialism brought them into conflict with Noah Webster and caused them to be generally condemned as pro...
New‐England Magazine, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...Atlantic Monthly. Contributors included Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, Everett, Noah Webster, J.G. Percival, and Hawthorne. In politics it favored Webster and Everett, opposed Van Buren. It was absorbed by the American Monthly Magazine...

Dictionary entries related to " Noah Webster"

Webster's Blue-Backed Speller
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...from the blue paper covers, of Noah Webster's Elementary Spelling Book...Jennifer. A Common Heritage: Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller. Hamden...Snyder, K. Alan. Defining Noah Webster: Mind and Morals in the Early...
Dictionaries
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...known American dictionary was Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828. Webster is often thought of as a linguistic...remains universally discredited. Webster's faith in the rational reform...
Textbooks, Early
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Revolution, the schoolteacher Noah Webster lobbied for copyright legislation...copies of his books had been sold. Webster's books met the new nation's...nationalism and patriotism. By the time Webster died in 1843,24 million copies...
The Call for Amendments (1787–1788)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Rights. Federalists, such as Alexander Hamilton and Noah Webster, countered that an implicit recognition that the ultimate...or "On the Absurdity of a Bill of Rights"), Noah Webster, December 1787 Letters from the Federal Farmer January...
English Language
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...America's most famous lexicographer, Noah Webster, published his "Blue-backed...Samuel Johnson's in 1755), but when Webster died in 1843, the purchase of rights...standard. Except for the Bible, Webster's spelling b
Pamphleteering
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...opponents also used pamphlets to promote their points of view. Federalist pamphleteers included John Jay, Noah Webster, Pelatiah Webster, Tench Coxe, and David Ramsay. Representing the Antifederalists, Elbridge Gerry, George Mason, Melancthon...
Morse, Jedidiah
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Pownall, Robert Rogers, Jonathan Carver, John and William Bartram, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Hutchins, Mark Catesby, Noah Webster, John Filson, Gilbert Imlay, Samuel Mitchell, and many others. They form an instructive summary of geomorphology...
darn
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology darn 2, darned , darnation . Earliest in darn adv. (late XVIII), used as an intensive, which Noah Webster identified with † dern (OE. d(i)erne ) ‘concealed’, later ‘dark, drear, dim...
Encyclopedias
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...deleting the dedication to King George and adding new articles more suited to the revolutionary nation. A generation later Noah Webster began a distinctly American tradition with his two-volume American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), which...
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...also began collecting buildings of both ordinary and great Americans, such as the homes of the Wright brothers and Noah Webster. The public, learning of Ford's interest in everyday things, began shipping objects to Dearborn as well. The centerpiece...

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Noah Webster, A Founding Father and Author of America's First Dictionary Celebrates 250th Birthday on October 16th.
Business Wire; 10/14/2008; 683 words ; DARIEN, Conn. -- Noah Webster, the author of the first American...became part of our Constitution. Noah Webster and Ben Franklin became great friends...newspaper - American Minerva. Noah Webster, however, is best known for his...
Yale celebrates Noah Webster's 250th birthday
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/13/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive...definitions that were written by Noah Webster, said Jill Lepore, a Harvard...the occasion, according to the Noah Webster House in West Hartford. But his...
Noah Webster: lexicographer, climatologist.
Magazine article from: Weatherwise; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...It was written in 1799 by Dr. Noah Webster, the creator of the first American...center, and colour to color. Webster also added to our official vocabulary...and chowder. Climate Change: Noah Webster vs. Thomas Jefferson In the late...
Amherst College and Town Libraries Marking 250th Anniversary of Noah Webster's Birth with Special Exhibits
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/17/2008; 603 words ; ...the life and accomplishments of Noah Webster, one of the founders of the college...commemorate the 250th anniversary of Webster's birth on Oct. 16, 1758...are free and open to the public. Webster was the founder and first president...
Defining moments; A letter to Noah Webster on his 245th birthday.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/16/2003; ; 684 words ; ...Byline: John Addington; Staff Writer A letter to Noah Webster on his 245th birthday: Dear Noah: Thought I would drop you a line to update you...boldly go where no one has gone before." Well, Noah, enough with the gloom already. Just in time...
LOOK IT UP Noah Webster has unique place in history, [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 10/16/2008; ; 217 words ; LOOK IT UP Noah Webster has unique place in history, A4 NATIONAL LEAGUE'S BEST Phillies eliminate Dodgers to claim World Series spot, D1
HAVEN -- It's been a time of noteworthy birthday anniversaries: Noah Webster's 250th was in the fall, [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; By Donna Doherty Register Arts Editor NEW HAVEN -- It's been a time of noteworthy birthday anniversaries: Noah Webster's 250th was in the fall, Felix Mendelssohn's 200th was in February. Never to be outdone, Charles Darwin has two...
MAYOR PEREZ TO TOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS AT NOAH WEBSTER MICROSOCIETY MAGNET SCHOOL DEC. 11
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/8/2006; 410 words ; ...release: -Monday, December 11, 2006- 1:00 p.m.- Mayor Perez will tour the new construction and renovations at Noah Webster Microsociety Magnet School. This is where school children from Hartford and the region create their own society, complete...
Noah Webster, Are You Listening?
Newspaper article from: Media Industry Newsletter; 3/17/2008; 283 words ; Hope the 19th-century lexicographer heard National Review The Week editors' March 24 plea on behalf of their late sesquipedalian boss: Let's pray they have a dictionary in Heaven. [Copyright 2006 Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved.]
Webster 35, Noah 28 (girls): Warriors' Warner, other seniors lead win over Jaguars.
Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK); 2/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...Ratzlaff led NOAH with 10 points and Davis added seven. Davis also had three blocks. WEBSTER 35, NOAH 28 NOAH 6 9 4 9 28 Webster 11 8 8 8 35 NOAH: Ratzlaff 10, Davis 7, Matheny 6, Powell 2, Blankenship 2, Je.Showman 1. Webster...