Birth Name: Melvil Dewey
Occupation: Teacher
Place Of Birth: New York
Date Of Birth: December 10, 1851
Date Of Death: December 26, 1931
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Melvil Dewey was born on the 10th of December, 1851. He was popular for being a Teacher. American librarian and educator who most notably invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification.
Melvil Dewey was born in New York. He attended Amherst College, where he belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon, and from where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1874 and a master’s degree in 1877. His classification system used of three-digit Arabic numerals for main classes, with decimals as expansions for more detail.
Melvil Dewey was a Sagittarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Melvil Dewey was born in 1850s.
Melvil Dewey is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Melvil Dewey was born in the Year of the Pig.
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| REAL NAME: | Melvil Dewey |
| NICKNAME: | Melvil |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Wednesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Melvil Dewey was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Melvil Dewey was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility.
Ruling Planet: Melvil Dewey had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Melvil Dewey’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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