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Fun Facts about Noah Webster

(1758-1843)

Webster perfected the Spelling of American English Language

He used the principle of uniformity to justify his alterations, arguing that words that were alike, such as nouns and their derivatives, should be spelled alike. ie: Honour~~~Honor

Here we derive the Websters Dictionary named after him for his contribution in transforming British words in to American English. Webster considered "education useless without the Bible" and while he cautioned against too extensive use of the Bible in schools as "tending to irreverence," he reiterated, "In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people..."

Americas greatest lexicographer. A person who compiles dictionaries.

Came up with the book The Blue Blacked Speller, a speller book that helped students understand words in the American English language.

Yale University graduate

Cousin was Daniel Webster, a former senator in Washington, D.C from Massachusetts America must be as independent in literature as she is in politics, as famous for arts as for arms, " but that to accomplish this she must protect by copyright (the legal right of artistic work) the literary products of her countrymen.

Do you Have a Sweet Touth or Tooth Webster would say?

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Webster considered education useless without what?

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