Noah Webster was an American writer who wrote textbooks to help the advancement of education such as "American spelling book". He also wrote a dictionary which helped standardize the American language such as "and American dictionary of the English language"
Rene Decartes was a French philosopher born in 1596 a time when many long held benefits where changing. His new way of thinking led him to decide to doubt everything until he could prove it. His goal was to achieve certainity through methodical and logical questioning.