Published “Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes” in Nature — cited 2,439 times.
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Melvil Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a chief librarian at Columbia College, founder of what would later become the Columbia University School of Library Service, and a founding member of the American Library Association. Although Dewey's contributions t…
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science · Inventor of the Dewey Decimal system (1851–1931) · librarian · journalist · scientist · teacher · editor · also Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, Melvil Dui, Dewey
Born 10 December 1851 · Died 26 December 1931 · Q26879
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Published “Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research” in The Lancet Neurology — cited 2,306 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 4,457 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,138 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis” in Nature Protocols — cited 7,894 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Two-Year Outcomes after Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 1,953 times.
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2011· 2 entries
Published “Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,504 times.
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Published “RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome” in BMC Bioinformatics — cited 20,028 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution” in Nature — cited 1,750 times.
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1986· 1 entry
Published “Experience and Education” in The Educational Forum — cited 2,525 times.
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1984· 1 entry
Published “Thermal dose determination in cancer therapy” in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics — cited 2,081 times.
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Library Hall of Fame (1951).
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1931· 1 entry
Died 1931-12-26.
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1929· 1 entry
Dewey settled a lawsuit out-of-court, brought by a former stenographer—whom he had kissed and caressed in public the previous summer—for $2,147 ($40,256 in 2025)
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1926· 2 entries
Went to Florida to establish a new branch of the Lake Placid Club
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Established a southern branch of the Lake Placid Club in Florida
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1925· 1 entry
And served as a trustee of the Chautauqua Institution
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1910· 1 entry
Published “How we think.” — cited 3,772 times.
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1905· 2 entries
Dewey established the American Library Institute, which was an organization conceived to provide for the investigation, study, and discussion of issues within the field of library theory and practice
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During a 10-day trip to Alaska sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), a group he co-founded, he made unwelcome advances toward four prominent librarians (including Adelaide Hasse) who informed association o
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1904· 1 entry
The New York State Board of Regents received a petition demanding Dewey's removal as state librarian because of his involvement in the Lake Placid Club's policy of excluding Jews and other religious and ethnic groups
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1897· 1 entry
Career landmark: secretary (1897–1898).
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1895· 1 entry
Dewey and his wife Annie founded the Lake Placid Club
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1892· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the American Library Association (1892–1893).
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1890· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the American Library Association (1890–1891).
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1889· 1 entry
And the school, which was ultimately very successful, was re-established in Albany as the New York State Library School under Dewey's direction
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1887· 1 entry
With an enrollment of 20 students—three men and 17 women
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1886· 1 entry
And later the Simplified Spelling Board) found some local success at Lake Placid
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1885· 1 entry
Founded the New York Library Club there
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1879· 1 entry
Career landmark: secretary (1879–1890).
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1876· 1 entry
Dewey moved to Boston, where he founded and became editor of The Library Journal, which became an influential factor in the development of libraries in America and the reform of their administration
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1851· 2 entries
Born 1851-12-10.
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In Adams Center, New York, the fifth and last child of Joel and Eliza Greene Dewey
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