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Melvil Dewey

the renamer of Lake Stearns

Person class
founding or core member
Placed at
1927: first documented activity
Place
Lake Placid, Highlands County
District
The Ridge
Status as of 12 September 2026
Died 1931.
Connections
1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 217 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 205) · outside share 0.00
Confidence
Medium · sources: [WLP] (register)

The inventor of the decimal classification proposes that Lake Stearns take the name of his Lake Placid Club; the commissioners accept on 29 April 1927 and the town is rechartered that June [WLP].

Connections

Location and lineage

  • foundedLake Placidproposes the renaming of Lake Stearns; the town is rechartered that June1927