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Melvil Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey is an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal library classification system and founder of the Plaid Lake Club. He resigned from the American Library Association for sexual harassment, racism, and anti-Semitism in 1905
BornMelville Louis Kossuth Dewey, Adams Center, New York, United States
DiedDecember 26, 1931, Lake Placid, Florida, United States
NationalityAmerican
ChildrenGodfrey Dewey
Alma materAmherst College Middletown High School
OccupationLibrarian, resort developer, reformer
Known forDewey Decimal Classification
Preceded byWilliam Isaac Fletcher
Succeeded byJosephus Nelson Larned

About Melvil Dewey

Teacher Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851 in New York, United States (He dies at the age of 80, on December 26, 1931).

The Dewey Decimal system of library classification was established by an American librarian and educator named John Dewey.

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Melvil Dewey before becoming famous

Melvil Dewey was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1851 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Amherst College, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1874 and a master's degree in 1877.

Achievement of Melvil Dewey

For key classes, he used three-digit Arabic numerals, with decimals as extensions for extra detail.

Melvil Dewey's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With his first wife, Annie Godfrey, he had a son named Godfrey.

Melvil Dewey Collabed with

Biologist Carl Woese, the laureate of the National Medal of Science, was also a student at Amherst College.

Melvil Dewey Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Melvil Dewey updated on March 19 2023.