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October 2008Language LinksNoah Webster, the father of the American dictionary, was born 250 years ago this month, on October 16, 1758. You can follow the historical development of old-fashioned English dictionaries the new-fashioned way. Browse Webster's original 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language. Or see Dr. Samuel Johnson's groundbreaking 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language. And the book considered to be the first English dictionary, A Table Alphabeticall of Hard Usual English Words, published by Robert Cawdrey in 1604, is now also available online. |