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Noah Webster

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Born 1758
Died 1843

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  • Cover of: The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States

    Cover of edition americanspelling0000webs First published in 1788 — 65 editions
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    First published in 2017 — 59 editions
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  • Cover of: An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking.

    First published in 1787 — 50 editions
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  • Cover of: A grammatical institute of the English language: part II : a facsimile reproduction

    First published in 1783 — 34 editions
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  • Cover of: An American dictionary of the English language: containing the whole vocabulary of the first edition ... quarto; the entire corrections and improvements of the second edition in ... octavo; to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin, history, and connection, of the languages of western Asia and Europe, with an explanation of the principles on which languages are formed.

    Cover of edition americandictiona01websrich Cover of edition americandictiona00websuoft Cover of edition americandiction00webs Cover of edition americandictiona00webs Cover of edition dictionaamerican00websrich First published in 1828 — 28 editions
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  • Cover of: The prompter: a commentary on common sayings which are full of common sense, the best sense in the world.

    First published in 1791 — 25 editions
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  • Cover of: Elements of [u]seful knowledge.: containing a historical and geographical account of the United States

    First published in 1802 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: The elementary spelling book: being an improvement on the American spelling book.

    Cover of edition elementaryspelli00websrich First published in 1848 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Dissertations on the English language: with notes, historical and criticito which is added, by way of appendix, an essay on a reformed mode of spelling, with Dr. Franklin's arguments on that subject

    Cover of edition dissertationsone00websrich First published in 1789 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Webster's collegiate dictionary: a dictionary of the English language : giving the derivations, pronunciations, definitions and synonyms of a large vocabulary of the words occurring in literature, art, science, and the common speech.

    Cover of edition websterscolle00webs Cover of edition websterscollegia00webs First published in 1898 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking: calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth : to which are prefixed rules in elocution and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind : being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language

    First published in 1793 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: (Circular.) To the physicians of Philadelphia, New-York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Newhaven: Gentlemen, as a malignant fever, has, for three summers past raged in different parts of the United States, and proved fatal to great numbers of our fellow-citizens ... it becomes highly important to take such efficacious steps as human wisdom can devise to prevent the introduction, arrest the progress or mitigate the severity of such a serious calamity.

    First published in 1795 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: History of the United States: to which is prefixed a brief historical account of our [English] ancestors, from the dispersion at Babel, to their migration to America, and of the conquest of South America, by the Spaniards

    First published in 1832 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: New international dictionary of the English language.

    First published in 1950 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Webster's New international dictionary of the English language

    First published in 1909 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: High School Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language

    First published in 2018 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words

    First published in 2018 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: New international dictionary of the English language

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  • Cover of: brief history of epidemic and pestilential diseases: with the principal phenomena of the physical world, which precede and accompany them, and observations deduced from the facts stated.

    First published in 1799 — 6 editions
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Born 1758
Died 1843

Subjects

English language, Dictionaries, Early works to 1800, Spellers, History, Grammar, Orthography and spelling, Politics and government, Readers, Juvenile Dictionaries, Anglais (Langue), Pronunciation, Textbooks, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Readers (Primary), Yellow fever, Biography, Commerce, Conduct of life, Fourth of July orations, Orthographe, Syllabaires, Bible, Juvenile literature, Political science

Places

United States, Connecticut, Confederate States of America, France, New York (N.Y.), Africa, Asia, Europe, Frontière du Nord-Est (États-Unis), Great Britain, Madawaska, Madawaska (County), Madawaska (Me.), Madawaska (N.B. : County), Maine, New Brunswick, Northeast boundary of the United States

People

Noah Webster (1758-1843), Abraham Bishop (1763-1844), Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), John Adams (1735-1826), Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Webster family, Charles Richardson (1775-1865), Charles Stewart Daveis (1788-1865), George Washington (1732-1799), John Pickering (1777-1846), Samuel Bishop (1723-1803), Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), William Currie (1754-1828)

Time

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1865, 1783-1789, 1797-1801, 1801-1809, 1800-1870, Confederation, 1783-1789, Revolution, 1775-1783, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1500-1799, 1500-1800, 1783-1809, 1793, 1798, 1801-1861, To 1865

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
August 17, 2010 Edited by jmdyck Add WP link
August 17, 2010 Edited by jmdyck merge authors
July 13, 2010 Created by EdwardBot add a new author