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DEWEY

Rich side came to America in 1640. He was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879, and taught in South Oil City, Penn., and Charlotte, Vt., 1879-81. In 1881 he studied phil- osophy with Prof. H. A. P. Torrey of the Uni- versity of Vermont, studied philosophy at Johns Hopkins imiversity in 1883 and was appointed to a fellowship there in 1883. He received the de- gree of PIi.D. from Jolms Hopkins university in 1884; was instructor in philosophy in the Univer- sity of Micliigan, 1884—86, and assistant professor of philosophy, 1886-88; professor of mental and moral philosophy in the University of Minnesota, 1888-89, and professor of philosophy, University of Michigan, 1889-94. He became head professor of philosophy in the University of Chicago in 1894. He was married July 19, 1886, to AHce Chipman. His published volumes include: Psychology (1888, 3d ed. 1893); Leibniz (1889); Outlines of Ethical Theory (1890); Syllabus of Ethics (1894 and 1897); and Psychology of Number with Dr. J. A. McLellan (1895).

DEWEY, Louis Marinus, geologist, was born at Westfield, Mass., Aug. 27, 1865; son of Albert L. and Helen L. (Noble), grandson of Jason, 2d, and Nancy B. (Crary), great-grandson of Jason and Chene (Tillotson), great^ grandson of Elial, a minuteman in 1775, and Louisa (Day), great^ grandson of Deacon Joseph and Beulah (Sacket), great* grandson of Sergeant Joseph and Sarah (Warner), great* grandson of Ensign Jedediah and Sarah (Orton), and great ^ grandson of Thomas Dewej', the settler of Dorchester, Mass., 1630, and Windsor, Conn. The family was repre- sented in Westfield, Mass.," by direct descendants of Thomas the immigrant, 1668-1900. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, and became interested in genealogy in 1883. He published articles bearing on the history of his town and in the early part of 1899 issued TJie Life of Pear-Admiral George Dewey, and Deicey Family History, a modern quarto of 1100 pages, over 900 pages being given up to the record of some 15,000 Deweys and descendants. In 1899 he was at work on the history of the other old families of Westfield, and had traced his lineage back to over seventy-five settlers in New England.

DEWEY, Mary Elizabeth, teacher, was born in Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 27, 1821; daughter of the Rev. Orville and Louisa (Farnham) Dewey, and granddaughter of Silas and Polly (Root) Dewey and of William and Hannah (Emerson) Farnham. She was educated at private schools and in 1860 opened a boarding school in Sheffield, Mass. In 1884 she was elected corresponding sec- retary to the Massachusetts Indian association. Her published writings include: Life and Letters of Miss Sedgwick (1871) and Autobiography and Letters of My Father (edited, 1883).

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DEWEY, Melvil, educationist and librarian, was born in Adams Center, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1851; son of Joel and Eliza (Green) Dewey, and grand- son of David Dewey and of Charles Greea. He was graduated at Amherst in 1874 and was libra- rian of the college, 1873-76. In 1876 he removed to Boston, Mass., where he established the American library as- sociation of which he was secretary, 1876-91, and president in 1891 and again at the time of the World's congress of librarians in 1893. He also instituted the Library Journal, edit- ing the first five volumes, 1876-1881; the Metric bureau or- ganized for the pur- pose of securing the adoption of the international decimal weights and measures; and the Spelling reform association. He served from the first as permanent secretary of both associations. He also organized the Library bureau as a business enterprise in con- nection with the Library Journal and was its manager till May, 1883, when he went to New York as chief librarian of Columbia college, serv- ing 1883-89. He was appointed professor of library economy in 1884 and director of the Co- lumbia college school of library economy which was founded by him and opened in January, 1887, for the professional training of librarians. In 1888 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the University of the state of New York and director of the New York state library. The Library school was transferred to the state library and he continued in its management. He was the framer of the University law of 1892. In 1896 when the National educational association organized for the first time a library department, Mr. Dewey was elected its first president. In 1897 he was com- missioned by the U.S. government delegate to the international congress of librarians in connec- tion with the Queen's jubilee in London. In a speech made by the librarian of Oxford vmiversity he gave to Mr. Dewey credit above all other librarians together, for the remarkable progress of the two decades which had won for hbra- rianship its distinct recognition among the learned professions. He edited the Library Jour- nal, the Library Notes, the Metric Bulletin, the Metric Advocate, and the Spelling Peform Brdletin. He is the author of Pides for Author and Classed Catalogs, and Decimal Classification and Pclativ Index (1885, 5th ed., 1894).