# Melvil Dewey (@melvil-dewey)

Melvil Dewey is listed in the registry as a librarians; this profile reconstructs that identity through person-specific institutional and bibliographic records tied to library work. Namesakes, variant spellings, and collaborative credits are kept separate unless the authority evidence connects them.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Melvil Dewey's public record._

## Topics

- [Chronology and Attribution](/@melvil-dewey/chronology-and-attribution.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Context and Reception](/@melvil-dewey/context-and-reception.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Library work](/@melvil-dewey/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.ala.org/search?query=Melvil%20Dewey
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Melvil%20Dewey
- blog: https://www.loc.gov/search/?q=Melvil%20Dewey

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "melvil-dewey", "question": "…"}`.