Happy Birthday, Noah!

Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758 -- 250 years ago. Celebration events have been arranged by the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society; for details see http://noahwebster250.org/250th_events.htm.

A graduate of Yale College, class of 1778, Webster is commemorated in the exhibition "Noah Webster: American Patriot and Yale Loyalist," which is displayed in Sterling Memorial Library through the end of November. For details see http://www.library.yale.edu/librarynews/2008/09/noah_webster_american_patriot.html, and also a related article by Judith Ann Schiff, "The Yalie Behind the American Dictionary," Yale Alumni Magazine, September-October 2008, 24-25, archived at http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2008_09/old_yale.html.