Webster, Noah Jr.
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"Noah Webster, Jr. was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language 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".
Webster's name has become synonymous with "dictionary" in the United States, especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the nation."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster
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Found in 18340610BJS_WHS1: "New Haven... is the most delightful place in the world. And old Noah Webster is there – a true Whig, & an Anti mason and truly religious – a patriarch indeed."
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