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Paul Otlet

1868 - 1944

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Paul Marie Ghislain Otlet (; French: [pɔl maʁi ɡilɛ̃ ɔtlɛ]; 23 August 1868 – 10 December 1944) was a Belgian author, lawyer and peace activist; who was a foundational figure in documentalism, a precursory discipline to information science. Otlet created the Universal Decimal Classification, which would later become a faceted classification. Otlet was responsible for the development of an early information retrieval tool, the "Repertoire Bibliographique Universel" (RBU). RBU was used by the International Institute of Bibliography which later became the Mundaneum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Otlet is the 125th most popular inventor (up from 137th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 191st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Paul Otlet ranks 125 out of 426. Before him are Edmund Cartwright, Theobald Boehm, Franz Reichelt, Samuel Crompton, Hans von Ohain, and Nikolai Kardashev. After him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., André Michelin, Alfred Krupp, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Robert Adler, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Paul Otlet ranks 59. Before him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Jane Avril, Alfred Weber, Myrtle Corbin, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom. After him are Harvey S. Firestone, Franz Ritter von Epp, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Olga Knipper, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, and Noe Zhordania. Among people deceased in 1944, Paul Otlet ranks 83. Before him are Milan Hodža, Martin Kutta, Kazu Naoki, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, August Landmesser, and Asmahan. After him are Günther Korten, Erich Fellgiebel, Yvette Guilbert, Sergei Bulgakov, Arsen Kotsoyev, and Viktor Ullmann.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Otlet ranks 180 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Rodenbach (1855), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Gudula (646), Maerten de Vos (1532), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), and Eric Walter Elst (1936). After him are Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), and Eugène Charles Catalan (1814).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Paul Otlet ranks 4. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), Étienne Lenoir (1822), and Jacques Piccard (1922). After him are Zénobe Gramme (1826), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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