Happy Dictionary Day, word-nerds! This is the official holiday in which we celebrate the birth of Noah Webster, who would be 254 years old if he were still living and breathing on this planet. Webster ...

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 ...

Dictionary Day is celebrated in the United States on October 16 th in honor of Noah Webster’s birthday. Noah Webster was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758, which had him growing up as the ...

Spanish educator Sandra Wolff has lived in West Hartford for over 30 years, but she is originally from South America. She remembers using the dictionary to learn a new language. “I use the Noah ...

NEW HAVEN -- Noah Webster made his fortune in New York, but he created his legend in New Haven. A Yale graduate, Webster had published the nation's first daily newspaper and written a spelling book, ...

Jeri Chase Ferris, illus. by Vincent X. Kirsch. Houghton Mifflin, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-547-39055-0 "Noah's dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English, after the Bible," ...

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 ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Noah Webster is justly considered a polymath for his contributions to a staggering range of fields, including ...