Melvil Dewey
(1851-1931)
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal system
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Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club. He resigned from the American Library Association due to allegations of sexual harassment complaints amid allegations of racism and antisemitism in 1905.
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10 December 1851 Adams Center, New York
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26 December 1931 (aged 80) Lake Placid, Florida, United States
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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