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Webster was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, to an established Yankee family.
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The truth in their conflicting concepts was expounded by statesmen of the calibre of Webster and Calhoun, and defended in the end by leaders of the nobility of Lincoln and Lee.
The reception was held in a private dining room of the Webster Hotel on Lincoln Park West.
A lawyer, hired by the college, was arguing specifically for Dartmouth: Daniel Webster, class of 1801, made her plight the dramatic focus of his whole plea.
Earlier in the year, Alison Wakefield married Kevin Webster after discovering she was pregnant with his child.
On Christmas Day 2009, Sally Webster told husband Kevin that she had breast cancer, just as he was about to leave her for lover Molly.
In the 20th century, Theosophy was further developed by Annie Besant and Charles Webster Leadbeater, while people like Alice Bailey, Rudolf Steiner and many others, became the source for a whole range of post-theosophical movements such as The Summit Lighthouse.
Another American admirer was lexicographer Noah Webster.
The college was founded by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster Millsaps in 1889-90 by the donation of the college's land and $ 50, 000.
Noah Webster, Jr. ( October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843 ), was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author.
His father, Noah Sr. ( 1722 – 1813 ), was a descendant of Connecticut Governor John Webster ; his mother Mercy ( née Steele ; 1727 – 1794 ) was a descendant of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony.
His father had mortgaged the farm to send Webster to Yale, but the son was now on his own and had no more to do with his family.
Webster was by nature a revolutionary, seeking American independence from the cultural thralldom to Britain.
From 1787 to 1789 Webster was an outspoken supporter of the new Constitution.
" Webster, the consummate master of words, was distressed.
Politician Daniel Webster was Noah Webster ’ s cousin.
The first major statutory revision of U. S. copyright law, the 1831 Act was a result of intensive lobbying by Noah Webster and his agents in Congress.
The appropriate standard for the American language, argued Webster, was " the same republican principles as American civil and ecclesiastical constitutions.
Its royalty of a half-cent per copy was enough to sustain Webster in his other endeavors.
Webster in early life was something of a freethinker, but in 1808 he became a convert to Calvinistic orthodoxy, and thereafter became a devout Congregationalist who preached the need to Christianize the nation.
In 1822, the family moved back to New Haven, and Webster was awarded an honorary degree from Yale the following year.
Spellings in American English have been highly influenced by lexicographers like Noah Webster, who sought to create a standardized form of English that was independent of British English.
The Steelers ' success on offense was due in large measure to their stellar offensive line, anchored by future hall of fame center Mike Webster
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* Adrian Webster ( born 1980 ), New Zealand footballer
Daniel Webster was born on January 18, 1782, to Ebenezer and Abigail Webster ( née Eastman ) in Salisbury, New Hampshire, the present-day city of Franklin.
* Daniel Webster ( Florida politician ) ( born 1949 ), former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
* Martha Risdon " Mattie " Levins ( 1902 – 1998 ) a long-time educator at William G. Stewart Elementary School in Minden in Webster Parish, was born in Mount Lebanon.
Eugene Eason, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Webster Parish, was born in Clarks in 1928.
* William H. Webster ( born 1924 ), FBI and CIA director
* Daniel Webster, US congressman and senator from Massachusetts ; 14th and 19th US Secretary of State ; born in 1782 in what was then part of Salisbury, now within the city limits of Franklin
* Tom Brokaw-Retired television anchorman for NBC was born in Webster.
* Jerry Brudos-Oregon serial killer was born in Webster.
Philip D. Curtin a former professor at Johns Hopkins University and historian on the Africa and Atlantic slave trade, though born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, grew up in Webster Springs.
Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, and Noah Webster published his dictionary there.
Brokaw was born in Webster, South Dakota, the son of Eugenia " Jean " ( born Conley, 1917-2011 ), who worked in sales and as a post-office clerk, and Anthony Orville " Red " Brokaw ( 1912-1982 ).
Hardwicke was born in Lye, Worcestershire, the son of Jessie ( née Masterson ) and her husband Dr. Edwin Webster Hardwicke.
Josiah Bartlett was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Hannah-Mary ( Webster ) Bartlett.
Whitman was born in New York City and grew up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the daughter of Eleanor Prentice Todd ( née Schley ) and Webster B. Todd, both interested in New Jersey Republican politics.
Webster was born in Bath, the son of a dancing master.
Anna Jarvis was born in the tiny town of Webster, West Virginia.
** John Webster, dramatist ( born c. 1580 )
His father, a coach maker also named John Webster, married a blacksmith's daughter named Elizabeth Coates on 4 November 1577, and it is likely that Webster was born not long after in or near London.
Munch and his four brothers and sisters, including his twin sister, were raised and attended public schools in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri where he was actually born.
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn was born into New York City's Dutch aristocracy, descendants of the city's original settlers ; her father, Abraham Schermerhorn, his brother and the extended Schermerhorn family were engaged in shipping.
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