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Melvil Dewey
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American librarian (1851–1931)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1851
- Died
- 1931
- Works
- 125
Top works
- Rimes without reason
- Summer session 1898
- Relativ subject index
- Abridged decimal classification and relativ index for libraries, clippings, notes, etc
- תקציר המיון העשרוני
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1926-05-26
- Active to
- 1991-09-28
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 466
- Total plays
- 2,036
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,595x
- De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis
· 2013 · cited 7,775x
- Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients
· 2011 · cited 5,443x
- Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection
· 2015 · cited 5,074x
- Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients
· 2016 · cited 4,400x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.”
- “The cheapness and quickness of modern methods of communication has been like a growth of wings, so that a thousand things which were thought to belong like trees in one place may travel about like birds.”
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- William Isaac Fletcher
- Succeeded by
- Josephus Nelson Larned
- Born
- Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey , December 10, 1851 ( 1851-12-10 ) , Adams Center, New York , U.S.
- Died
- December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26) (aged 80), Lake Placid, Florida , U.S.
- Spouses
- Annie R. Godfrey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1878 ) Emily McKay Beal ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 )
- Children
- Godfrey Dewey
- Alma mater
- Amherst College ( AB , MA )
- Occupation
- Librarian resort developer reformer
- Known for
- Dewey Decimal Classification
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- MelvilDewey ALA.png
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- Commons category
- Melvil Dewey
- date of death
- 1931-12-26
- date of birth
- 1851-12-10
- name in native language
- Melvil Dewey
- birth name
- Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
- Commons Creator page
- Melvil Dewey
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Article
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a chief librarian at Columbia College, founder of what would later become the Columbia University School of Library Service, and a founding member of the American Library Association. Although Dewey's contributions to the modern library are widely recognized, his legacy is marred by his sexual harassment of female colleagues, as well as his racism and antisemitism.
Education and personal life