Webster, Noah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...often revised, was his famous Elementary Spelling Book, or "Blue-backed Speller," with which he helped to standardize American spelling. Pioneer families on the frontiers taught...villages its lists were read out for lively spelling matches. By 1850, when the total population...