Noah Webster

In the 19th century the admirable American lexicographer Noah Webster just rewrote the rules.

Unthinkable? Simpler spelling | Editorial 2011

A humble request -- "Father, accept this offering" becomes a job for Noah Webster -- "Therefore, Lord, we pray: graciously accept this oblation of our service" -- oblation.

Jeff DeGraff: The New Mass As New Coke Jeff DeGraff 2012

When I was a boy, we had a facsimile reprint of the first edition of Noah Webster's 1828 "American Dictionary of the English Language."

A Definitive American Life Barton Swaim 2011

Noah Webster may have produced the language that should be known as "American", but that should not be a reason, as Churchwell seems to imply, for British English to be altered to the American version.

Letters: Mind your English language 2011

Noah Webster, as Joshua Kendall's "The Forgotten Founding Father" makes clear, had no great intellectual abilities.

A Definitive American Life Barton Swaim 2011

Noah Webster, as Mr. Kendall is right to say, "succeeded in forever unifying the world's most ethnically diverse nation with a common language."

A Definitive American Life Barton Swaim 2011

Whether it was Noah Webster, who upgraded dumbed-down textbooks; Howard Gardner, who pointed out that children process information in a variety of ways; or Geoffrey Canada, who has shown that less-advantaged youngsters can achieve if they're enveloped in a challenging, supportive environment, the educational truth has consistently spurred significant action and fruitful reforms that have helped enhance learning.

Paula Smith: Education 2020 -- An Emerging Consensus About Learning Paula Smith 2011

Whether it was Noah Webster, who upgraded dumbed-down textbooks; Howard Gardner, who pointed out that children process information in a variety of ways; or Geoffrey Canada, who has shown that less-advantaged youngsters can achieve if they're enveloped in a challenging, supportive environment, the educational truth has consistently spurred significant action and fruitful reforms that have helped enhance learning.

Paula Smith: Education 2020 -- An Emerging Consensus About Learning Paula Smith 2011

Whether it was Noah Webster, who upgraded dumbed-down textbooks; Howard Gardner, who pointed out that children process information in a variety of ways; or Geoffrey Canada, who has shown that less-advantaged youngsters can achieve if they're enveloped in a challenging, supportive environment, the educational truth has consistently spurred significant action and fruitful reforms that have helped enhance learning.

Paula Smith: Education 2020 -- An Emerging Consensus About Learning Paula Smith 2011

Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary embodied a nation grown self-confident enough to celebrate its own langua ge.

A Definitive American Life Barton Swaim 2011