Paul Otlet
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | August 23,1868 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Brussels |
Belgium | |
Date of died | December 10,1944 |
Died | Brussels |
Belgium | |
Parents | Edouard Otlet |
Influenced by | Henri La Fontaine |
Melvil Dewey | |
Edmond Picard | |
Job | Scientist |
Author | |
Librarian | |
Education | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
Catholic University of Leuven | |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | |
Free University of Brussels | |
Books | International Organisation and Dissemination of Knowledge: Selected Essays of Paul Otlet |
Traité de Documentation | |
Known for | One of several people who have been considered the founders of information science |
Influenc | Henri La Fontaine |
Influencees | Vannevar Bush |
S. R. Ranganathan | |
Ted Nelson | |
Tim Berners-Lee | |
Founded | Mundaneum |
Influences | Henri La Fontaine |
Melvil Dewey | |
Edmond Picard | |
Interests | Bibliography |
Library And Information Science | |
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ID | 520657 |
Paul Otlet Life story
Paul Marie Ghislain Otlet was a Belgian author, entrepreneur, lawyer and peace activist; predicting the arrival of the internet before World War II, he is among those considered to be the father of information science, a field he called "documentation".