How Did Noah Webster Update The American Lexicography?

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“Education without the Bible is useless.” - Noah Webster. Noah webster was an American lexicographer, a lexicographer is a person who wrote, edited, and compiled dictionaries. Also, he taught millions of Americans to read and write. He has been called “The father of scholarship and education”. While Noah Webster was a student, and also a teacher in schools, he noticed that the American education system needed to be modernized. Despite Noah Webster’s poor education, he had the courage, the fidelity, and the dedication to update the American language.

Noah webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the capital of Connecticut, Hartford. Noah grew up in an everyday, average colonial family, however, Noah was able to go to college at Yale in 1774,

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