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S. R. Ranganathan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Ranganathan Siyali Ramamrita
Indian mathematician and librarian (1892–1972)
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- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1972
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Classified catalogue code
- New Education and School Library
- Prolegomena to library classification
- Library Book Selection : (Edition 2)
- Course of training for documentalist
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Key facts
- Born
- Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan Iyer , ( 1892-08-12 ) 12 August 1892, Sirkazhi , Mayiladuthurai district , British India (present-day Tamil Nadu , India )
- Died
- 27 September 1972 (aged 80), Bangalore , Mysore State , India (present-day Karnataka )
- Occupation
- Librarian, author, academician, mathematician
- Nationality
- Indian
- Genre
- Library Science , Documentation , Staffing , Institutional Management , Information Science
- Notable awards
- Padma Shri (1957)
- Relatives
- Ranga Yogeshwar (Grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Sirkazhi
- Place of death
- Bengaluru
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Banaras Hindu University
- Languages spoken
- Tamil
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- PORTRAIT OF SR RANGANATHAN.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1892-08-12
- date of death
- 1972-09-27
- birth name
- சீர்காழி இராமாமிருதம் அரங்கநாதன்
- name in native language
- சீர்காழி இராமாமிருதம் அரங்கநாதன்
- Commons category
- S. R. Ranganathan
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Ranga Yogeshwar
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (listen 12 August 1892 – 27 September 1972) was an Indian librarian and mathematician. S. R. Ranganathan is widely known as the “Father of Library Science in India.” His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major faceted classification system, the colon classification. He is considered to be the father of library science, documentation, and information science in India and is widely known throughout the rest of the world for his fundamental thinking in the field. His birthday is observed every year as National Librarian Day in India.
He was a university librarian and professor of library science at Banaras Hindu University (1945–47) and professor of library science at the University of Delhi (1947–55), the first Indian school of librarianship to offer higher degrees. He was president of the Indian Library Association from 1944 to 1953. In 1957 he was elected as an honorary member of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) and was made vice-president for life of the Library Association of Great Britain.
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