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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".
The bill is largely the result of lobbying efforts by American lexicographer Noah Webster. The key changes in the Act included: Extension of the original copyright term from 14 years to 28 years, with an option to renew the copyright for another 14 years
A Common Heritage: Noah Webster’s Blue-Back Speller (Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1983) Books and Journals, Edited Susan E. Israel and E. Jennifer Monaghan, eds., Shaping the Reading Field: The Impact of Early Reading Pioneers, Scientific Research, and Progressive Ideas (Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 2007).
Noah Webster's assistant, and later chief competitor, Joseph Emerson Worcester, and Webster's son-in-law Chauncey A. Goodrich, published an abridgment of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language in 1829, with the same number of words and Webster's full definitions, but with truncated literary references and expanded ...
Established in 1719, it was the town's first cemetery, and its only burying ground for about seventy years. Many of West Hartford's prominent early settlers are buried here, including Noah Webster Sr. and his wife Mercy (parents to the more famous Noah Webster). The oldest portion of the cemetery remained in regular use until 1868, with the ...
FORT LIBERTY — Fort Liberty officials are aware that drivers with revoked licenses are parking off post to the dismay of nearby neighbors. During the installation’s monthly Community Action ...
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof admitted that the West Coast's "permissive" policies regarding drug usage and combatting addiction "almost killed" many addicts.
Noah Webster used Rousseau's ... Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...