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  1. Webster, Noah 1758-1843. US lexicographer,
  2. whose books on grammar and spelling and
  3. American Dictionary of the English Language
  4. 1828 standardized US English. Webster learned
  5. 26 languages and began the scientific study
  6. of etymology. Following the American
  7. Revolution, he was prompted by patriotic
  8. sentiment to create schoolbooks that would
  9. impart that sentiment to young students. His
  10. Blue-Backed Speller sold nearly 100 million
  11. copies in a century.
  12.