Webster, Noah (1758-1843), American lexicographer, best known for his pioneering work An American Dictionary of the English Language and for his...
NoahWebster (October 16, 1758 april 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, and editor.
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NoahWebster (October 16, 1758 - April 15, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, and spelling reformer.
Webster published his first dictionary of the English language in 1806, and in 1828 published the first edition of his An American Dictionary of the English Language, whose title reveals his ambitions.
Among these, the Merriam-Webster'sdictionary is considered to be the most direct descendant of NoahWebster'slexicographical tradition, the Merriam brothers having purchased the rights to revise the dictionary from Webster's heirs upon his death in 1843.
NoahWebster was a boring old snoot and his Dictionary is practically holier than the Bible.
NoahWebster (1758-1843) was by all accounts a severe, correct, humorless, religious, temperate man who was not easy to like, even by other severe, religious, temperate, humorless people.
Webster's main concern "was not to celebrate American life or to expand independence [but] to counteract social disruption and reestablish the deferential world order that he believed was disintegrating." To misunderstand the true meaning of a word was to pave the way to social disorder.
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Removed from New Haven, CT to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI NoahWebster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of Hartford, Connecticut to an established Yankee family.
In the 1780s, NoahWebster was an outspoken Federalist.
In this sense, Webster's speller was the secular successor to The New England Primer with its explicitly biblical injunctions." [Ellis 175]
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NoahWebster owns the unique distinction of having single-handedly rescued the English Language from the corrupting political and social influences of the European Nations of his day.
NoahWebster understood the connection between physical liberty and liberty of thought.
NoahWebster claimed to have coined only one word - demoralize, which he defined: "To corrupt or undermine the morals of; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt in morals."
NoahWebster also served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1800 and 1802-07, and as a county judge in 1807.
NoahWebster published his first dictionary of the English language in 1806, and in 1828 published the first edition of his An American Dictionary of the English Language.
While Webster’s association with the dictionary is common knowledge, it is not so widely known that NoahWebster produced his own modern English translation of the Bible in 1833.
NoahWebster's texts promoted an American sense of identity, and set the standards for American's use of the English language as their own, separate from the English language of the British.
NoahWebster's American Dictionary of the English Language can still be purchased today from Amazon.com by clicking here.
NoahWebster died on May 28, 1843, but his legacy lives on with modern updated Merriam-Webster versions of his dictionary.
The difficulty of copyrighting his works in 13 states led Webster to agitate for many years for a national copyright law; it was passed in 1790.
Webster wrote scholarly studies on a great diversity of subjects, including epidemic diseases, mythology, meteors, and the relationship of European and Asian languages.
Webster completed the revision of 1840, and the dictionary, revised many times, has retained its popularity.
Webster’s birthplace helps to tell the story of one man’s vision and his impact on American culture.
The staff members of the NoahWebster House have written most of the content of this website over the years and continue to write revisions appropriate to the NoahWebster House and West Hartford Historical Society.
NoahWebster, who was instrumental in the first copyright law in the country, is the last person who should have his website information plagiarized.This website was created by David Newton in 1996 and he has maintained it since that time.
Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758, NoahWebster came of age during the American Revolution and was a strong advocate of the Constitutional Convention.
While Webster was promoting his dictionary, George and Charles Merriam opened a printing and bookselling operation in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1831.
Further information on the birthplace and life of NoahWebster is available at the NoahWebster House/Museum of West Hartford History.
To mark the occasion, we've picked out a few colorful (and perhaps surprising) words that first appeared in print the year of NoahWebster's birth.
For a full list of all 62 words, select the Collegiate as your reference, click on Advanced Search, type 1758 into the Date field, and click on Search.
