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Categories: English-language spelling reform advocates, Columbia University librarians, American librarians, Amherst College alumni, Presidents of the American Library Association
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Dewey  Melvil Dewey  Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey  Annie Dewey  Melvil
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United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) WordNet 3.0
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United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, a founder of the Lake Placid Club, and a chief librarian at Columbia University. Wikipedia
American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification Wikipedia Disambiguation
American librarian Wikidata
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librarian
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Library Hall of Fame
CHILD
Godfrey Dewey
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Obalky knih.cz
EDUCATED AT
Alfred University
Amherst College
EMPLOYER
Columbia University
FAMILY NAME
Dewey
FIELD OF WORK
librarian
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
American Library Association
NOTABLE WORK
Dewey decimal classification
OCCUPATION
librarian
journalist
scientist
PLACE OF BIRTH
Adams Center
PLACE OF DEATH
Lake Placid
RELIGION
Christianity
RESIDENCE
Boston
SEX OR GENDER
male
WRITING LANGUAGE
English
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Dewey, Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Wikipedia
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Melvil Dewey
Wikidata
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Melvil Dewey
Wikipedia Redirections
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Annie Dewey, Melvil, Melvil Dui, Melville Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Wikidata Alias
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Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey

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