S. R. Ranganathan By muppetymelody Aug 9, 1892 Birth 1907 1st marriage 1913 B.A. in Mathematics 1916 M.A. in Mathematics 1917 Teaching Certificate 1917 Joined faculty at Government College in Mangalore 1920 Government College Coimbatore Period: 1921 to 1923 Presidency College, University of Madras Period: 1924 to 1944 1st Librarian at University of Madras 1925 Honors Certificate in Library Science 1928 death of 1st wife 1929 2nd marriage 1931 Five Laws of Library Science, 1st edition 1933 Colon Classification, 1st edition 1935 Rao Sahib Award 1939 Colon Classification, 2nd edition Period: 1945 to 1947 Librarian and Professor of Library Science at Hindu University Period: 1947 to 1954 Taught at the University of Delhi 1948 Honorary Doctor of Literature, Delhi University 1950 Colon Classification, 3rd edition 1952 Colon Classification, 4th edition Period: 1954 to 1957 Research and writing in Zurich 1957 Padma Shri Award 1957 Colon Classification, 5th edition Period: 1957 to 1959 Visiting professor at Vikram University 1960 Colon Classification, 6th edition 1962 founded and became head of the Documentation Research and Training Centre in Bangalore Period: 1962 to 1972 Honorary Professor of the Documentation and Training Center 1964 Honorary Doctor of Literature, Pittsburgh University 1964 Honorary President of Second International Conference of Classification Research, Denmark 1965 National Research Professorship, India 1970 Margaret Mann Citation Award Sep 27, 1972 Death
