Dewey, Melvil

Born: 1851 AD
Died: 1931 AD, at 80 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Librarians


US librarian

 

inventor and eponym of Dewey Decimal system

 

wrote "A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library" 1876

 

founded School of Library Economy at Columbia College 1887

 

secretary and treasurer of board of regents of State University of New York 1888-1906

 

president of American Library Association 1890-1891, 1892-1893

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