WIKI: Dictionary

Many forms of dictionaries were created throughout time,

but it wasn't until Samuel Jackson's A Dictionary of the English Language

that a reliable, factual book was created.

 

 

 

According to Wikipedia:

American Noah Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. In 1807 Webster began compiling an expanded and fully comprehensive dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language; it took twenty-seven years to complete. To evaluate the etymology of words, Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit

 

Could you imagine working on a book for twenty seven years?

Although, it must have been worth it,

considering Webster is still the most common dictionary around.

What a stud.