Dewey
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Dew·ey (do̵̅o̅′ē, dyo̵̅o̅′-)
- Dewey, George 1837-1917; U.S. admiral in the Spanish-American War
- Dewey, John 1859-1952; U.S. philosopher & educator: exponent of pragmatism
- ()Dewey, Melvil (mel′vil) (born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey) 1851-1931; U.S. librarian & educator: originator of a system (Dewey Decimal System) for book classification in libraries, using three-digit numbers, further extended beyond a decimal point for subclasses
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