the Dewey system was made by melvil Dewey in insperation of his late grandfather. he was a very clean man but did no know the was to sort his books. so he came up with a system to catorgarize his books. he then wanted to make it more precise so he came up with the decimal system so he could catorgarize them to small amounts.
Dewey published A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library in 1876. He had developed it while working in the library at Amherst College. It was published at Amherst. Lydenberg, H.M. Dewey, Melvil. Dictionary of American Biography. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Supplement I; pp.241-243.
The Dewey Decimal System was invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876 in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is a classification system used to organize library materials by subject.
Melvil Dewy
Melville Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal System to shelve books by subject.
DDC is a library classification system invented in 1876.
American librarian Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) invented his famous decimal classification system for books in 1876.
Melvil Dewey created the Dewey Decimal system. It is a classification system used by libraries, and not what is meant in the question. The decimal number system is the number system that we all use on a daily basis; it was invented by a succession of Arab and Hindu mathematicians beginning about 1400 years ago.
Melvil Dewey
Melvil Dewey
Melvil Dewey developed the Dewey Decimal System in 1876. The system is a method for placing books on library shelves in a specific and repeatable order that makes it easier to find any specific book or to return it to its proper place.
Melville Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal System so that books with the same subject are together on the book shelves. The system is used today in over 45 countries.
Melvil Dewey was an American educator and librarian. He invented the Dewey Decimal system for library classification. He was also the founder of the Lake Placid Club.
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), or Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876.
Dewey Decimal is the classification system of the library.