Although known for his other published works, this Yale alumnus, journalist, lawyer, and six-year member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, published his modern translation of the Bible in 1833.
Noah Webster known for his An American Dictionary of the English Language first published in 1828. Webster also wrote the three-part textbook A Grammatical Institute of the English Language which became a standard textbook. Due to continued devotion to the King James Version, Webster’s Bible translation did not win popular appeal.
