In 1598 an Italian-English dictionary by John Florio was published.
The first picture dictionary published is believed to be "The Visible World in Pictures" by John Harris, which was first published in London in 1744. It featured illustrations and descriptions of various objects, animals, and people.
The first dictionary was published in 1755 on the 15th of April
Noah Webster published the first dictionary in 1828
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was first published in Oxford, England.
The first Merriam Webster dictionary was published in 1806. Noah Webster was the founder or the publisher. The title was called A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.
The Chambers Dictionary was first published under the title of "Chamber's English Dictionary" in 1872. The Chambers Dictionary is popular with crossword and scrabble players due to the wider variety of uncommon words available in it.
The first Oxford English Dictionary was published on February 1, 1884. The editor of the first Oxford English Dictionary was Herbert Coleridge, but he died before it was finished and was replaced by Frederick Furnivall.
Webster's New World Dictionary was first published by the World Publishing Company in 1951. It is now published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The first dictionary of English idioms appeared in the late nineteenth century. It was published after the first edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary."
The first dictionary of American English was written by Noah Webster and published in 1806.
The first English dictionary was created by Samuel Johnson and it was published in 1755. Johnson's dictionary was a landmark achievement in the standardization of the English language.
No, Daniel Webster did not publish the first dictionary. The first dictionary is generally attributed to Samuel Johnson, who published the "A Dictionary of the English Language" in 1755. Daniel Webster was a prominent American statesman and orator known for his skills in public speaking and his role in shaping American politics.
It partly depends what you mean by electronic dictionary, but the Collins dictionary, published in 1979, was one of the first published that used a computer database of definitions which made it much easier to prevent circular definitions.