Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey

9.5

An American librarian who created a number system to put books in order in libraries

proper noun

: Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey

Did you know that Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey created the Dewey Decimal Classification?

Examples

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey revolutionized library organization with his decimal system.
Many librarians consider Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey one of the most influential figures in their field.
The legacy of Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey continues in modern library science curricula.
The famous librarian Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey revolutionized library science.
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey is celebrated for developing the Dewey Decimal Classification system that transformed library organization.
Many consider Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey a pioneer in the field of library science due to his innovative classification methods.
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey had a significant impact on how libraries categorize books, and his system is still widely used today.

Surface Forms

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey main

Morphology

Melville + Louis + Kossuth + Dewey

This item is a full proper name referring to a specific historical person; the constituent tokens are names (many without lexical definitions) and do not compose to indicate ‘librarian’ or the Dewey Decimal system. Proper names function as arbitrary labels, so a B1 learner who knows the individual name parts would not be able to infer the biographical meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey was an American librarian who made a simple number system to sort books on shelves. He put subjects into ten main groups and used decimal numbers to order them, so his name is remembered as the creator of the 'Dewey Decimal' system and of modern library organization.