DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: In reading a short biography of Noah Webster, I was impressed by the number of languages he learned (27?) in order to trace the etymology of the words in his dictionaries. Surely ...

One might well assume that Noah Webster (1758–1843), America’s most famous lexicographer, was a cloistered pedant or quiet scholar poring over books and manuscripts. In fact, he became, over the ...

Anderson’s debut picture book details the origins of Noah Webster’s first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Benjamin Franklin to help unify the new country through language ...

In a previous post, I discussed Noah Webster's compulsive nature. His "touch of madness" -- his obsession with compiling and organizing information of all sorts -- enabled him to devote thirty years ...

Saturday is National Dictionary Day and what better way to celebrate than to learn a few facts about the resource book? The U.S. celebrates National Dictionary Day on Oct. 16 every year in honor of ...

NOAH WEBSTER: SCHOOLMASTER TO AMERICA—Harry R. Warfel—Macmillan ($3.50). Though Webster and dictionary are synonymous in the U. S., Noah Webster’s posthumous fame is cloudy. He is often confused with ...

Long before Noah Webster completed his 1828 magnum opus, “An American Dictionary of the English Language,” he published a wildly successful primer called “A Grammatical Institute of the English ...

We’re not sure any spelling went on Thursday, but we are sure the home of our most celebrated lexicographer got visitors who enjoyed seeing it spruced up. Noah Webster is credited with creating the ...