# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-emerson-worcester
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:37:50.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-emerson-worcester"
name: "Joseph Emerson Worcester"
slug: "joseph-emerson-worcester"
description: "Joseph Emerson Worcester was an American lexicographer who was the chief competitor to Noah Webster of Webster's Dictionary in the mid-nineteenth-century. Their rivalry became known as the \"dictionary wars\". Worcester's dictionaries focused on traditional pronunciation and spelling, unlike Noah Webster's attempts to Americanize words. Worcester was respected by American writers and his dictionary maintained a strong hold on the American marketplace until a later, posthumous version of Webster's book appeared in 1864. After Worcester's death in 1865, their war ended."
tagline: "American lexicographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J_E_Worcester.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1784-08-24"
deathDate: "1865-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.140137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Emerson_Worcester"
    title: "Joseph Emerson Worcester"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80%ED%94%84_%EC%97%90%EB%A8%B8%EC%8A%A8_%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0"
    title: "조지프 에머슨 우스터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Emerson_Worcester"
    title: "Joseph Emerson Worcester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "约瑟夫·爱默生·伍斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6282899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump