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Fred Kilgour
Librarian, Organization founder
1914 – 2006
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Who was Fred Kilgour?
Frederick Gridley Kilgour was an American librarian and educator known as the founding director of OCLC, an international computer library network and database that changed the way people use libraries. He was its president and executive director from 1967 to 1980.
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- Born
- Jan 6, 1914
Springfield - Also known as
- Frederick Gridley Kilgour
- Frederick G. Kilgour
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, Harvard University
Chemistry
( - 1935)
- Bachelor of Science, Harvard University
- Lived in
- Columbus
- North Carolina
- Springfield
- Died
- Jul 31, 2006
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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