Melvil Dewey
American librarian and educator
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. He was also... Wikipedia
Born: December 10, 1851, Adams Center, NY
Died: December 26, 1931 (age 80 years), Lake Placid, FL
Education: Amherst College
Full name: Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Children: Godfrey Dewey
Parents: Eliza Greene Dewey and Joel Dewey