Author:Noah Webster

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Noah Webster (1758–1843)

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Noah Webster

Works

• A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language

Works about Webster

• Rossiter Johnson, “Webster, Noah,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1889.
• “Webster, Noah” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Webster, Noah” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Webster, Noah,” The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co., 1914.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.