Melvil Dewey
Librarian, Organization founder
1851 – 1931
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Who was Melvil Dewey?
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1851
Adams Center - Also known as
- Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
- Melvil Dui
- Melville Dewey
- Spouses
- Annie R. Godfrey
(1878 - 1922) - Emily McKay Beal
(1924 - 1931)
- Annie R. Godfrey
- Children
- Religion
- Christianity
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Amherst College
- Employment
- Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York
(1883 - 1889) - New York State Library
(1889 - 1906) - Secretary, American Library Association
(1876 - 1891) - President, American Library Association
(1891 - 1893)
- Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Lived in
- Boston
- Florida
- Died
- Dec 26, 1931
Lake Placid
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on July 23, 2013
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