What is Melvil Dewey?
{{Infobox person |name = Melvil Dewey |image = Melvil Dewey.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = |birth_name = Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey |birth_date = December 10, 1851 |birth_place = [[Adams Center, New York]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1931|12|26|1851|12|10}} |death_place = [[Lake Placid, Florida]] |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |other_names = Melvil Dewey<br>Melvil Dui |known_for = [[Dewey Decimal Classification]] |education = [[Amherst College]] |occupation = librarian, resort developer, reformer |home_town = |spouse = Annie R. Godfrey (1878)<br>Emily McKay Beal (1924) |relatives = [[Godfrey Dewey]] (son) |signature = Melvil Dewey Signature.svg |footnotes = }} '''Melville Louis Kossuth''' ('''Melvil''') '''Dewey''' (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an [[Americans|American]] [[librarian]] and [[educator]]. He invented the [[Dewey Decimal System|Dewey Decimal library classification system]]. ==Early life== Dewey was born on December 10, 1851, in [[Adams Center, New York]]. He attended [[Alfred University]] in 1870<ref> {{Cite news|title=Melvil Dewey: A Singular and Contentious Life |author=Anna Elliott |journal=Wilson Library Bulletin |date=May 1981 |url=http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/PDFsample/WLB/dewey.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010135016/http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/PDFsample/WLB/dewey.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2008 }}</ref> and then [[Amherst College]]. He earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in 1874 and a master's in 1877.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wiegand |first1=Wayne A. |title=Irrepressible reformer : a biography of Melvil Dewey |url=https://archive.org/details/irrepressibleref00wayn |date=1996 |publisher=American Library Association |location=Chicago |isbn=9780838906804 |page=[https://archive.org/details/irrepressibleref00wayn/page/14 14]}}</ref> ==Career== While still a s