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Definition of Melvil Dewey
1. Noun. United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melvil Dewey
Literary usage of Melvil Dewey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1910)
"... University of Chicago 1902 An Adirondack home institute, Mrs. Melvil Dewey '.
... Cost of living for large numbers, Mrs. Melvil Dewey >......'. ..."
2. Journal of Social Science by American Social Science Association, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Stanley Root, Isaac Franklin Russell (1904)
"BY Melvil Dewey, DIRECTOR NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY. Twenty-eight years ago I spoke
several ... Melvil Dewey."
3. Journal of Social Science by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Stanley Root, American Social Science Association, Isaac Franklin Russell (1904)
"BY Melvil Dewey, DIRECTOR NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY. Twenty-eight years ago I spoke
several times in this hall on topics closely allied to what our programme ..."
4. The Relationship Between the Library and the Public Schools: Reprints of by Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1914)
"... the Convocation of the University of the State of New York, at Albany in July,
1888. Melvil Dewey was born in Adams Center, NY, in 1851 and graduated ..."
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