Noah Webster Grave Marker - New Haven, CT
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The grave of lexicographer, editor, and author Noah Webster is marked by a 20' granite obelisk located in Grove Street Cemetery at 227 Grove Street, New Haven, CT.
Waymark Code: WM12F7N
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2020
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The grave of Noah Webster is marked by a 20' high granite obelisk resting on a 3' high by 4' wide square base. The square base is inscribed: WEBSTER. The shaft of the obelisk is inscribed:
NOAH WEBSTER
BORN OCT. 16, 1758
DIED MAY 28, 1843
REBECCA GREENLEAF
HIS WIFE
BORN MAY 27, 1766
DIED JULY 25, 1847
Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758 in West Hartford, CT. He graduated from Yale College in 1778. He taught school for a while and then studied law under Oliver Ellsworth, passing the bar examination in 1781.
Noah Webster has become, literally, a household name for over 100 years. Before Webster there was no standard for spelling in the United States. He addressed this problem by compiling the first dictionary in America. Over his lifetime he published 385 editions of the "Blue-Backed Speller", first published in 1783, which was used to teach generations of Americans to read.
Politically, Webster was a Federalist. He founded and was the editor of America's first daily newspaper the American Minerva. Later he published the semi-weekly paper The Herald, A Gazette for the Country to become The New York Spectator. In his later years Webster became a devout Congregationalist. He wrote a Collection of Essays and Fugitive Writings on Moral, Historical, Political, and Literary Subjects (1790) and Value of The Bible and Excellence of the Christian Religion (1834).
Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843 and is buried in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, CT.