Noah Webster
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Noah Webster 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 Educa
Portrait by James Herring, 1833
A portrait of Webster by Samuel Morse
Webster's home in New Haven, Connecticut, where he wrote An American Dictionary of the English Language; the home was later relocated to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Webster's wife, Rebecca Greenleaf Webster
Elizur Goodrich
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Elizur Goodrich was an eighteenth-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. He served as a United States representative from Connecticut and Collector of Customs. He was also the brothe
A portrait of Elizur Goodrich from The Connecticut Quarterly
Bachelor of Arts degree, Elizur Goodrich Sr., father of Elizur Goodrich, Yale College, 1752