Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > key people in educational reform > Noah Webster
social science subjects > linguistics > key people in linguistics > Noah Webster

Preferred term

Noah Webster  

Definition

  • Noah Webster was an energetic educator whose strong belief in American nationalism, individual self-sufficiency, and popular government was reflected in his distinctive approach to crafting early spelling books, grammar guides, writing and speaking texts, and eventually his 70,000-entry An American Dictionary of the English Language. By 1790, Webster had authored six instructional books that were used regularly by parents, tutors, students, and schoolteachers as educational texts and reference guides. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Webster, Noah (1758–1843)]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Noah_Webster

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD