DARIEN, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Noah Webster, the author of the first American dictionary, was born 250 years ago October 16th.
A patriot with many talents, Webster served in the American Revolution and rubbed shoulders with the great figures of the day. George Washington read Webster’s works which proposed ideas that later became part of our Constitution. Noah Webster and Ben Franklin became great friends with a common interest in spelling reform. Webster also practiced law, believed and fought for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, and was editor of New York’s first daily newspaper – American Minerva. Noah Webster, however, is best known for his achievement that is the cornerstone of education and literacy today – the first dictionary of American English.
In 1783, N…
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