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Birth of Melville Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey was born in Adams Center, New York. His parents were Joel Dewey, a general store owner, and Eliza Greene. -
Moved to Oneida
Melville and his family moved to Oneida, New York, where he attended a Baptist Seminary. -
Started Library Work
In 1872, Dewey started working in the library at Amherst College, where he was a student. -
College Graduation
Dewey graduated from Amherst College and was hired to manage the library and reclassify its holdings. -
Dewey Decimal System Created
A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloging and Arranging Books and Pamphlets in a Library was published - the Dewey Decimal System is born! -
Melvil Dui renames himself
Besides his work in reforming libraries, Melville decided that spelling needed his help, too. He moved to Boston in 1876 and founded the Spelling Reform Association, advocating phonetic spelling as a way to streamline reading and writing. He also founded the Metric Bureau and the American Library Association. -
Marriage
Melvil married Annie Godfrey. They had one child during their life together. -
State Librarian Dewey
Melvil became the state librarian in New York. He also oversaw their college library programs, training new librarians in his methods. -
Mrs. Dewey died
Annie died. -
2nd Marriage
Melvil married Emily Beal. -
Death of Melvil Dewey
Melvil Dewey died after suffering a stroke in Lake Placid, Florida.