Melvil Dewey

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5 total works indexed

1. RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

   · 2011 · cited 19,595x

2. De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

   · 2013 · cited 7,775x

3. Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients

   · 2011 · cited 5,443x

4. Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection

   · 2015 · cited 5,074x

5. Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

   · 2016 · cited 4,400x

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Quotes

• “The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.”
• “The cheapness and quickness of modern methods of communication has been like a growth of wings, so that a thousand things which were thought to belong like trees in one place may travel about like birds.”

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Key facts

Preceded by

William Isaac Fletcher

Succeeded by

Josephus Nelson Larned

Born

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey , December 10, 1851 ( 1851-12-10 ) , Adams Center, New York , U.S.

Died

December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26) (aged 80), Lake Placid, Florida , U.S.

Spouses

Annie R. Godfrey ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1878 ) ​ Emily McKay Beal ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ) ​

Children

Godfrey Dewey

Alma mater

Amherst College ( AB , MA )

Occupation

Librarian resort developer reformer

Known for

Dewey Decimal Classification

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