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Noah Webster

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Educator

The Resume

    (October 16, 1758-May 28, 1843)
    Called 'Father of American Scholarship and Education'
    Graduated from Yale (1778)
    Earned law degree (1781)
    Wrote and published 'An American Dictionary of the English Language' (1828)
    Also wrote 'A Grammatical Institute of the English Language' (1783-85) and 'American Spelling Book,' aka 'Blue-backed Speller' (1786)
    Founded New York's first daily newspaper, 'American Minerva' (December 9, 1793)
    Helped found Amherst College (1821)

Why he might be annoying:

    Some mistake Daniel Webster for him as the 'dictionary guy.'
    His 'Blue-backed Speller' helped to create spelling bees.
    It took him over 27 years to create and publish his dictionary.
    As a devout Christian he believed 'education useless without the Bible' and published his own translation of the King James Version of the Bible (1833).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He had to quit school temporarily to serve in the American Revolution.
    His 'Blue-backed Speller' made him wealthy, taught five generations of kids in the U.S. how to spell and read, and was THE learning text of its day - used by Ben Franklin to teach his granddaughter.
    His dictionary contained 70,000 words, 12,000 that had not been in previous dictionaries.
    In the TV series 'M*A*S*H,' Hawkeye said his favorite book was Webster's Dictionary because he felt once he read it he could claim to have read every book ever written.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 184 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 197 Votes: 53.30% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 142 Votes: 59.15% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 78 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 39.39% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 49.28% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 141 Votes: 41.84% Annoying