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Noah Webster

1758 - 1843

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Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". He authored a large number of "Blue-Backed Speller" books which were used to teach American children how to spell and read. He is also the author for the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noah Webster is the 8th most popular linguist, the 204th most popular biography from United States (up from 243rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Noah Webster ranks 8 out of 214. Before him are Edgar de Wahl, Pāṇini, Patanjali, Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, and William James Sidis. After him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, and Franz Bopp.

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Among people born in 1758, Noah Webster ranks 4. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. After him are James Monroe, André Masséna, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Kamehameha I, Franz Joseph Gall, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1843, Noah Webster ranks 3. Before him are Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, and Friedrich Hölderlin. After him are William I of the Netherlands, Samuel Hahnemann, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Joseph Lanner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Theodoros Kolokotronis, John Armstrong Jr., Marie Anne Lenormand, and Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Noah Webster ranks 204 out of 20,380. Before him are Whitney Houston (1963), William James Sidis (1898), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Ed Asner (1929), Herbert Hoover (1874), and Henry Fonda (1905). After him are Denzel Washington (1954), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), James Monroe (1758), Robert Redford (1936), Pearl S. Buck (1892), and Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Noah Webster ranks 3. Before him are Noam Chomsky (1928), and William James Sidis (1898). After him are Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Joshua Fishman (1926), William Labov (1927), George Lakoff (1941), Morris Swadesh (1909), Stephen Krashen (1941), and George Kingsley Zipf (1902).

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