Worcester, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1784-1865

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Dates:
Birth 1784
Death 1865

Biographical notes:

Lexicographer.

From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Wm. A. Whitehead, New York, 1838 Oct. 1. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28996371

American lexicographer, engaged in a "War of Dictionaries" with Noah Webster.

From the description of Joseph Emerson Worcester letters [manuscript], 1821, 1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999587

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Subjects:

  • Authors, American
  • Authors, American
  • Cartographers
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • Literature
  • Philologists

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  • Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)

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