
Dewey, Melvil
Person
Dates 1851-1931
Country UNITED STATES Language (en) Inglese
Author of 61 resources
1851-1931 // Bibliotecario statunitense, creatore del sistema bibliografico di classificazione decimale. Nel 1876 pubblicò la Decimal Classification, che ebbe molte successive edizioni, e fondò il Library Journal, organo dei bibliotecarî americani. Nato a New York il 10.12.1851, morto ivi il 26.12.1831.

Pseudonym Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Forename Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) 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. [...] He was also a founding member of the American Library Association but resigned in 1905, due to allegations of sexual harassment, racism, and antisemitism.
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