Although not well-known for being a scientist, this man published the medical work A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases in addition to Experiments Respecting Dew. A better known work by this man that was dubbed "Blue-Backed" sold over 100 million copies, and led this man to lobby for a national copyright law. The original 1828 version of his most notable work is still popular with Evangelicals because so 
Although not well-known for being a scientist, this man published the medical work A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases in addition to Experiments Respecting Dew. A better known work by this man that was dubbed "Blue-Backed" sold over 100 million copies, and led this man to lobby for a national copyright law. The original 1828 version of his most notable work is still popular with Evangelicals because so many of its entries are connected to Biblical scripture; it took him 27 years, during which he learned parts of over 26 languages. Best known for his Americanization of spelling, for 10 points, name this author of An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Although not well-known for being a scientist, this man published the medical work A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases in addition to Experiments Respecting Dew.
Noah {Webster}