NOAH Webster is called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education.” His name is synonymous with the textbook on American language – the dictionary. He was born on Oct. 16, 1758, in ...

More than two centuries after Noah Webster published the first American dictionary, ... Mass.-based publisher announced the forthcoming release of two titles that will launch Merriam-Webster Kids.

“The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary for Students and Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary are among more than 2,800 books that have been pulled from ...

The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary are just some of the 2,800 books that have been taken off the ...

Webster, who died in 1843 at 86, became synonymous with the dictionary but less well known over time and often confused with Daniel Webster, a secretary of state and great orator in the 19th century.

Noah Webster’s two-volume 'An American Dictionary of the English Language' earned him a place in linguistic history, and a reputation as the foremost lexicographer of American English.