Noah Webster

Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 - April 15, 1843) was an American lexicographer , textbook author, Bible translator, and spelling reformer.

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• "There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, it will proov that we are less under the under the influence of reezon than our ancestors."
  • Source: Preface to A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, (1790)