Melvil Dewey Research Paper

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Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851 he died on
December 26,1931 when he was 80 . Melvil Dewey was born in New York, his family was poor. Since he was young he wanted to change the way things were spelt. He wanted spelling to be easier, he changed his own name from M E L V I L L E to M E L V I L. He also changed his last name to be spelt D U I .Melvil did not like his middle name so he went and took it of his middle name .He taught himself to make shoes. When he was 13 years old he bought a International dictionary he will take that anywhere so when people He argue he got the book out and tell them to read that he love that book he even treat it like his own son. When he was 15 he wanted to change something.When he went to school

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