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Adolphe Quetelet
id :
88
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1796
End :
1/1/1874
description :
Researcher
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet
description
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet is an eclectic scientist who initiated many scientific institutions, including an observatory in Brussels, the first international congress of statistics and the first international maritime conference leading to the creation of the International Meteorological Organization.
Auguste Couvreur
id :
123
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1827
End :
1/1/1894
description :
Politician
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Couvreur
description
A liberal politician, Auguste Couvreur held several important positions during his life: founder of the Society for Social and Political Studies, President of the Education League, Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium. He meets Henri La Fontaine at the Amis Philanthropes.
Auguste Beernaert
id :
25
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1829
End :
1/1/1912
description :
Politician and Nobel laureate
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Beernaert
description
A Catholic politician, Auguste Beernaert was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1909. He represented Belgium at the first peace congress of La Haye in 1899.
Andrew Carnegie
id :
27
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1835
End :
1/1/1919
description :
Industry magnate, patron of libraries
country :
United States
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
description
Andrew Carnegie was an industry tycoon who devoted his fortune to numerous philanthropic foundations, supporting in particular international peace and libraries around the world.
Edmond Picard
id :
43
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1836
End :
1/1/1924
description :
Lawyer, jurist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Picard
description
This important jurist wrote an encyclopedia about Belgian jurisprudence. He got himself involved in politics where he fought for the universal suffrage and became a socialist senator.
Charles Ammi Cutter
id :
94
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1837
End :
1/1/1903
description :
Researcher
country :
United States
outside link :
https://www.reseau-canope.fr/savoirscdi/societe-de-linformation/le-monde-du-livre-et-de-la-presse/histoire-du-livre-et-de-la-documentation/biographies/charles-ammi-cutter-1837-1903-bibliothecaire-americain-pere-de-lexpansive-classification.html
description
Charles Ammi Cutter he took up a position in the library of the Havard Divinity School in 1856. His career led him to become a library specialist: he became chief curator and worked on his own classification technique, Expansive Classification, which led him into conflict with Melvil Dewey.
Charles Buls
id :
26
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1837
End :
1/1/1914
description :
Politician, founder of the League of Education
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Buls
description
Mayor of Brussels (1881-1899), Charles Buls was a liberal politician and the founder of the Ligue de l'Enseignement. A freemason, he belonged to the same lodge as Henri La Fontaine, Les Amis Philanthropes.
Bertha Von Suttner
id :
52
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1843
End :
1/1/1914
description :
Writer, pacifist
country :
Austria
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_von_Suttner
description
Bertha Von Suttner was an Austrian pacifist activist, best known for her novel Down with Arms. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905.
Annie Besant
id :
92
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1847
End :
1/1/1933
description :
Activist
country :
United Kingdom
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant
description
Annie Besant was a politician and theosophist. She pursued a political career committed to the workers' struggle, women's rights, freedom of opinion and finally for the independence of India. After her studies in science at University College London, she taught public courses in popular education. She will be at the initiative of the meeting between Otlet, Delville and Khrisnamurti.
Charles Richet
id :
45
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1850
End :
1/1/1935
description :
Scholar, pacifist
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richet
description
Pacifist and patriot, Charles Richet is a French physiologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1913. He participates in the CDU. Some of his works are now judged eugenics. He also carries out research on the paranormal.
Désiré-Joseph Mercier
id :
95
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1851
End :
1/1/1926
description :
Activist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9-Joseph_Mercier
description
Often referred to as "Cardinal Mercier", he is the forerunner of ecumenism: a gathering of the different currents of Christianity, despite their doctrinal differences. While Belgium was occupied by the Germans, he became a figure of the moral resistance he embodied in the country.
Charles Langlois
id :
93
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1863
End :
1/1/1929
description :
Librarian
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Victor_Langlois
description
He undertakes a university career in history and serves as director of the National Archives between 1922 and 1923. He is elected to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1917 and becomes its president in 1925. In the meantime he is also president of the Société de l'Histoire de France. A jurist, archivist and intellectual figure of knowledge organization, he examines Otlet's projects but perceives him as megalomaniac. He is therefore rather an adversary of the Otlet's projects.
Alfred Hermann Fried
id :
33
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1864
End :
1/1/1921
description :
Journalist, pacifist, supporter of Esperanto
country :
Austria
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hermann_Fried
description
Alfred Hermann Fried was first a bookseller and then a militant journalist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911. He is the author of an Esperanto manual and several dictionaries.
Cato Van Nederhasselt
id :
23
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1864
End :
1/1/1958
description :
Wife of Paul Otlet
country :
Belgium
description
Cato Van Nederhasselt, a Dutch national, comes from a wealthy family. She becomes Paul Otlet's second wife and supports her husband's projects, including financially.
Cyrille Van Overbergh
id :
50
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1866
End :
1/1/1959
description :
Sociologist and politician
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrille_Van_Overbergh
description
A politician, he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Science and the Arts, and Director General of Higher Education, Sciences and Letters, Belgium in 1910. He heads the Union of International Associations with Otlet and La Fontaine. A sociologist, he is a member of the Solvay Institute of Sociology and of the International Institute of Sociology.
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Briantchaninoff de Starya Lipy
id :
90
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1871
End :
1/1/1960
description :
Diplomat
country :
Russia
outside link :
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k887188k/f115.image
description
President of the Russian National Association for the League of Nations, member of the international associations of sociology and psychology, he is committed to the creation of a "European federative union" as well as the League of Nations (League of Nations).
Albert Thomas
id :
89
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1878
End :
1/1/1932
description :
Activist
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Thomas_(homme_politique)
description
He is a trade unionist activist, member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) which will become the French Socialist Party. During the First World War, he was the minister in charge of armaments and work in time of war. He later became the first director of the International Labour Office, an institution attached to the League of Nations (League of Nations).
Adolphe Ferrière
id :
32
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1879
End :
1/1/1960
description :
Pedagogue, supporter of a new school
country :
Swiss
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Ferri%C3%A8re
description
A Swiss pedagogue, Adolphe Ferrière is one of the founders of the new education movement. In 1921, he created the International League for New Education, whose charter he drafted.
Bureau International de la Paix
id :
61
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1891
description :
World's oldest peace organization
country :
Swiss
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_international_de_la_paix
description
Created in 1891, the Internation Peace Bureau (IPB) is in charge of coordinating the activities of the various pacifist associations.
Anna Oderfeld
id :
68
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1895
End :
1/1/1958
description :
Collaborator from educational and museum projects
country :
Poland
description
Works with Paul Otlet and Otto Neurath (NOP). She develops work in educational fields and museum didactics.
André Colet
id :
91
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1896
End :
1/1/1978
description :
Documentalist
country :
Belgium
description
He was the Secretary General of the Palais Mondial-Mundaneum after many years of constibution there. He will also make important legacy to the institution.
Charles Sury
id :
80
types :
Person
description :
IIB Librarian
country :
Belgium
description
Charles Sury was the librarian of the International Federation for Information and Documentation
Cité Mondiale
id :
73
types :
Organization
description :
Otlet's dream of a World City
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_mondiale
description
International or even supranational project of an ideal city in which the institutions of power, knowledge and peace would be grouped together.
Congrès international des habitations à bon marché
id :
65
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1889
description :
Movement that raises the issue of housing
country :
Belgium
description
The first Congrès international des habitations à bon marché was held in 1889 in Paris. Subsequently, a permanent committee was set up in Brussels to serve as a link between the players in this sector.
Congrès universels de la Paix
id :
56
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1889
End :
1/1/1939
description :
Universal Peace Congresses
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congr%C3%A8s_universels_pour_la_paix
description
The first achievement of the peace movement, the Universal Peace Congresses have met annually since 1889.
Concilium Bibliographicum
id :
69
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1895
End :
1/1/1914
description :
Bibliography for zoology
country :
USA, Switzerland
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concilium_Bibliographicum
description
The Concilium Bibliographicum, one of largest science information initiatives of the early twentieth century, was created by an idealistic American zoologist, Herbert Haviland Field in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1895. The objective was to provide complete coverage of the scholarly literature on zoology in all languages using the most sophisticated techniques then available: catalog cards for flexibility, rapid search, and constant updating; and quick search and rigorously detailed subject description using the Universal Decimal Classification being developed at the International Institute for Bibliography by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine in Brussels, Belgium, also established in 1895. The plan was to provide a bi-monthly or monthly subscription service on cards which could be filed cumulatively by subject to provide an always up-to-date bibliography on zoology and related literature "
Conférence de Bruxelles 1908
id :
15
types :
Event
Begin :
1/1/1908
description :
International Conference on Bibliography and Documentation
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://catalogue.mundaneum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/120196
description
The fourth international conference on bibliography and documentation took place in Brussels in 1908 on the initiative of Paul Otlet. It laid the foundations for the congress that would take place two years later.
Congrès de Bruxelles 1910
id :
16
types :
Event
Begin :
1/1/1910
description :
International Congress of Bibliography and Documentation
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://catalogue.mundaneum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/120408
description
The first international congress of bibliography and documentation was held in Brussels in 1910. It had a greater impact than previous meetings and contributed to the wider dissemination of the concept of documentation. 1910 was an important year for Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine's efforts towards cooperation, since a congress of international associations was also held.
Congrès de Copenhague
id :
81
types :
Event
description :
Congress
country :
Denmark
description
In 1935 took place in Copenhagen, the congress of documentation and the congress for the unity of science
Congrès de Paris 1937
id :
17
types :
Event
Begin :
1/1/1937
description :
World Congress of Universal Documentation
country :
France
outside link :
https://catalogue.mundaneum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/76839
description
The World Congress of Universal Documentation was held from 16 to 21 August 1937 in Paris, during the Exposition Universelle. Delegates from 45 countries met to discuss means by which all of the world's information, in print, in manuscript, and in other forms, could be efficiently organized and made accessible.
Conseil de Physique
id :
66
types :
Organization
description :
Physics congresses
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitation_%C3%A0_bon_march%C3%A9
description
The Physics Council or International Physics Council designates the Solvay congresses that will bring together leading scientists.
Frédéric Passy
id :
42
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1822
End :
1/1/1912
description :
Economist and pacifist
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Passy
description
This French economist and politician is a pioneer of the pacifist movement and is committed to feminism and against slavery. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Edouard Otlet
id :
18
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1842
End :
1/1/1907
description :
Father of Paul Otlet
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Otlet
description
Father of Paul Otlet. An entrepreneur invested in transport technology, he made a fortune building tramways and the operation of various companies, including in Belgian Congo. His mismanagement, coupled with an economic crisis in 1900, cost him most of this empire. Towards the end of his father's life, Paul Otlet stepped in to manage the remaining assets and wealth.
Gabriel Tarde
id :
98
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1843
End :
1/1/1904
description :
Researcher
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Tarde
description
Jean-Gabriel Tarde is a magistrate and specialist in social psychology. He rejects the theory that crime is a physical phenomenon, preferring instead the sociological and psychological aspects. He thus became one of the first thinkers of modern criminology, but he was eclipsed in favour of the Durkheimian school, another great thinker in this field at that time.
Edouard Descamps
id :
31
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1847
End :
1/1/1933
description :
Politician, pacifist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Descamps
description
Edouard Descamps is a Belgian Catholic politician. A pacifist and anti-slavery activist, he obtained the first ministry dedicated to culture in Belgium in 1907 (Ministry of Science and Arts).
Emile Verhaeren
id :
51
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1855
End :
1/1/1916
description :
Poet, art critic
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Verhaeren
description
Emile Verhaeren, a poet and passionate art critic, achieved worldwide fame for his avant-garde and expressionism. His work was translated and discussed during his lifetime. He was a friend of Edmond Picard and contributed to the journal L' Art Moderne. He was the first cousin of Maria Van Mons, the mother of Paul Otlet.
Emile Vandervelde
id :
49
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1856
End :
1/1/1938
description :
Socialist politician
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Vandervelde
description
Emile Vandervelde was the director of the Belgian Socialist Party. He was an advocate of the women's suffrage and social democracy. He teaches at the Free University of Brussels. He is one of the administrators of the Institute of Sociology founded by Solvay.
Edouard Claparède
id :
77
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1873
End :
1/1/1940
description :
Physician, neurologist and psychologist
country :
Swiss
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Clapar%C3%A8de
description
Friend of Paul Otlet with whom he exchanges during periods of possible transfer from the Mundaneum to Switzerland. Doctor, neurologist and psychologist, he devotes his work to the education of children.
Elisée Reclus
id :
71
types :
Person
description :
Sociologist and anarchist
country :
France
description
Elisée Reclus is a geographer and sociologist appointed at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, which will lead to the split. Supported at the time by Henri La Fontaine, he also exchanged views with Paul Otlet.
Gaston Moch
id :
41
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1859
End :
1/1/1935
description :
Former soldier, pacifist and Esperantist
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Moch
description
After a career in the French army, Gaston Moch devoted himself to pacifism. An Esperantist, he is committed to the defence of human rights.
Franz Funck-Brentano
id :
97
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1862
End :
1/1/1947
description :
Opponent to Otlet
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Funck-Brentano
description
He catalogues historical documents and studies the Middle Ages, the Ancien Régime, Parisian life and other themes. He is led to study the diffusion of French literature across the Atlantic. Present in high intellectual institutions, he became a lecturer on this subject in many European and international countries.
Emile Waxweiler
id :
53
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1867
End :
1/1/1916
description :
Engineer, Director of the Institute of Sociology
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Waxweiler
description
The first director of the Institute of Sociology founded by Solvay, Emile Waxweiler is a statistician who specialises in functional sociology. At the Université libre de Bruxelles, he was a reformist educator.
Emanuel Goldberg
id :
4
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1881
description :
Inventor of the Microfilm Quick Selector
country :
Germany, Israel
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Goldberg
description
Emanuel Goldberg is an inventor, among the greatest of his time in the field of optics and photography. Born in Moscow, he lives in Germany. He graduated from the Wilhelm Ostwald Institute of Chemistry in Leipzig in 1906. Kidnapped by the Nazis in 1933, he fled to Paris and then settled in the Middle East. He invented a microfilm selector and projector, which he called a statistical machine, the first automated information retrieval system, which was considerably ahead of its time..
Ernest de Potter
id :
127
types :
Person
description :
Image collector
description
Actor of the photography museum
Ernest Hébrard
id :
74
types :
Person
description :
Architect
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_H%C3%A9brard
description
Hébrard actively participates in the reflections and the tracks of development of a "world city".
Ernest Solvay
id :
48
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1838
End :
1/1/1822
description :
Entrepreneur, chemist and inventor
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Solvay
description
Friend of Paul Otlet, Ernest Solvay was a chemist and inventor, his success was due to the invention of a major industrial process for the production of sodium carbonate. He invested his fortune in scientific research and in the organisation of many international science congress.See also the virtual exhibition dedicated to him at the Mundaneum: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/QQ8X_Kko?hl=fr
Guilaume De Greef
id :
100
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1842
End :
1/1/1924
description :
Researcher
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_De_Greef
description
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Professor at the School of Social Sciences of the Université nouvelle de Bruxelles, he founded with Hector Denis the newspaper La liberté to defend the proudhonian theses. As a positivist, he was inspired by the ideas of Herbert Spencer and Karl Marx.
Hector Denis
id :
30
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1842
End :
1/1/1913
description :
Rector of the Free University of Brussels
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Denis
description
Hector Denis was the rector of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (1892-1894) and a member of the Society of Social and Political Studies. He triggered a serious crisis in Belgian academe by inviting anarchist Elisée Reclus as a lecturer at Brussels University in 1892. This ultimately caused a schism, with the departure of social reform partisans to found the Université Libre two years later.
Henri La Fontaine
id :
6
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1854
End :
1/1/1943
description :
Politician, co-founder of the Mundaneum
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_La_Fontaine
description
Henri La Fontaine is a socialist politician. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. With Paul Otlet, he collaborates to a vast intellectual network in favour of knowledge and militates around international associations for peace and women's rights.
H.G. Wells
id :
10
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1866
End :
1/1/1946
description :
Author of "World Brain"
country :
United Kingdom
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells
description
H.G. Wells was a prolific writer of science fiction, as well as a writer of political and popular science works. He was sensitive to social issues, a theorist of a "world-state". He also participated in the drafting of the United Nations Charter. He took part in the 1937 World Congress at the invitation of Paul Otlet to present a reflection on a "world brain" project
Georges Lecointe
id :
38
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1869
End :
1/1/1929
description :
Military, scientist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lecointe_(officier)
description
George Lecointe is one of the member of the Polar expedition on the Belgica. He became the director of the astronomy branch of the Uccle observatory, then director of the observatory. He also heads the International Polar Institute which is part of the OIB.
Henry Evelyn Bliss
id :
102
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1870
End :
1/1/1955
description :
Opponent to Otlet
country :
United States
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Evelyn_Bliss
description
He is the inventor of an alternative documentary classification system, which breaks with traditional classification systems, according to him, stopped at a series of disciplines and whose referencing mode is vertical, limiting transdisciplinary references. The Bibliographic Classification was published in 1940.
Fellows Dorkas
id :
96
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1873
End :
1/1/1938
description :
Librarian
country :
United States
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Dorcas_Fellows
description
She is an author and cataloguing instructor at the New York State Library School. She wrote Melvil Dewey's Decimal Classification from 1921 to 1937, 13 editions, the last of which was published in 1932 with 1,647 pages. She died during the preparation of the 14th edition.
Gonzague de Reynold
id :
99
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1880
description :
Helvetian theorist
country :
Swiss
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzague_de_Reynold
description
At a time when Switzerland is embroiled in an internal conflict between Germanophiles and Francophiles, Gonzague de Reynold has set himself the task of reaffirming and redefining the Swiss identity (Helveticism) in order to preserve the country's independence. He also joined several international intellectual institutions such as the League of Nations. Anti-globalist and conservative, he is hostile to Paul Otlet's projects.
George Sarton
id :
86
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1884
End :
1/1/1956
description :
Science historian
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sarton
description
Georges Sarton is a science historian. He gave a conference in 1913 after the invitation of Otlet for the second world congress of the Union of international associations. Forced to flee Belgium, he became an academic in the United States after having received the support of the Carnegie foundation.
Hendrik de Man
id :
101
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1885
End :
1/1/1953
description :
Opponent to Otlet
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Man
description
A Marxist militant, he multiplied militant actions and joined the leadership of the Belgian Workers' Party (POB). As Belgian Minister of Public Works, then of Finance, he launched the Labour Plan to curb growing fascism, in vain. During the occupation of Belgium, he advised the king, encouraging collaboration with the Nazis. He went into exile before being found and tried for "serving the politics and intentions of the enemy".
Godfrey Dewey
id :
118
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1887
End :
1/1/1977
description :
Librarian
country :
United States
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Dewey
description
American librarian and sportsman who will pursue the development of his father's CDD. He will also establish collaborative relationships with Otlet to reconcile the two classifications.
Georges B. Artsrouni
id :
121
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1893
End :
1/1/1960
description :
Engineer and inventor of the "Mechanical Brain"
country :
France
description
A French engineer of Armenian origin, he studied in St. Petersburg. In 1933, he obtained a patent for what he himself called his "mechanical brain". It was a universal device with many uses. It was not originally a calculator but a universal memory device capable of retrieving and printing stored information. Artsrouni suggested that the device could be used to automatically generate train timetables, telephone directories, commercial telegraph codes, bank statements and even anthropometric directories. It has been argued that the device is suitable for use in cryptography, for decrypting and encoding messages, as well as for translation.
Frits Donker Duyvis
id :
60
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1894
End :
1/1/1961
description :
Successor to Paul Otlet as Director of FDI
country :
The Netherlands
description
Frits Donker Duyvis is a Dutch librarian who took over Otlet's activities within the International Federation of Documentation (FID).
Die Brücke
id :
12
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1911
End :
1/1/1913
description :
Institute dedicated to knowledge organization and standardization
country :
Germany
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCcke_(institute)
description
Die Brücke (Internationales Institut zur Organisierung der geistigen Arbeit Die Brücke) is the short-lived but influential bibliographical association created on the initiative of Wilhem Ostwald. It is dedicated to the standardization and international organization of intellectual work. Paul Otlet is appointed honorary president. His work will have a great influence, especially on the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).
Georges Lorphèvre
id :
22
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1912
End :
1/1/1997
description :
Secretary of Otlet at the Mundaneum
country :
Belgium
description
Georges Lorphèvre is a close collaborator of Paul Otlet, taking over from Louis Masure as personal secretary. After Otlet's death, he continued to enrich the collections at the Mundaneum.
François Garas
id :
85
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1966
description :
Architect and painter
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Garas
description
François Garas is a French architect who will be inspired by Otlet's work, especially around the Mundaneum.
Gaston Mertens
id :
78
types :
Person
description :
Collector and press support
country :
Belgium
description
This newpaper collector became a member of the Belgian Press Union. He helped in the creation of the Press Museum. Friend of Otlet
Hendrik Christian Andersen
id :
72
types :
Person
description :
Sculptor, world city project
country :
USA, Norway
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Christian_Andersen
description
Andersen will be the main partner for the realisation of the plans for the world city.
Les Amis Philanthropes
id :
124
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1798
description :
Belgian Masonic Lodge
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Amis_philanthropes
description
Les Amis philanthropes (AP) is the name of one of the two oldest masonic lodges in Brussels, it is part of the Grand Orient of Belgium. It is in this lodge that the foundations of militant liberalism, anticlericalism and atheism are laid.
Jules Siegfried
id :
47
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1837
End :
1/1/1922
description :
Lawyer, politician, feminist
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Siegfried
description
Jules Siegfried is a French politician. He passes a law that favours cheap housing.
Hippolyte Sébert
id :
11
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1839
End :
1/1/1930
description :
Co-founder of the IIB, specialist in Esperanto
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Sebert
description
After a military career, Hyppolite Sébert began a second life devoted to science. He is a key figure of the Esperanto movement. Beginning in 1898, he is in charge of the Paris Bibliographic Office, in association with Henri La Fontaine and Paul Otlet's International Institute of Bibliography (IIB). The three men collaborate regularly.
Marie Popelin
id :
44
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1846
End :
1/1/1913
description :
Doctor of law and feminist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Popelin
description
Marie Popelin was a Belgian lawyer and early feminist political campaigner. She created the first ever Belgian feminist association. Her actions are major in the achievements of gender equality.
Melvil Dewey
id :
3
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1851
End :
1/1/1931
description :
Librarian, author of the Decimal Classification
country :
United States
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey
description
Mevil Dewey was an American librarian. He revolutionised the organisation of libraries in the United States, notably in 1876 when he published his decimal classification. He also founded the American Library Association and the Library Journal. He set up professional training structures for librarians.
Léonie La Fontaine
id :
7
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1857
End :
1/1/1949
description :
Founder of the Central Women's Documentation Office
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9onie_La_Fontaine
description
A feminist and pacifist, Léonie La Fontaine is distinguished by her involvement in Belgian and international associations to defend women's rights, such as the CNFB. She participates in the Mundaneum project by integrating feminist theses and maintains a library in her home to facilitate the orientation of girls in their professional choices. The library of the association L'Université des Femmes bears her name. She is the sister of Henri La Fontaine.
Nikolaï Roubakine
id :
46
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1862
End :
1/1/1946
description :
Writer, bibliographer
country :
Russia
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola%C3%AF_Roubakine
description
Nicolaï Roubakine devoted his whole life to books, a passion he inherited with a huge library from his librarian mother. His sympathies for the revolutionary socialists led him to expatriate. He collaborated with Otlet on bibliographic and educational issues.
Nitobe Inazo
id :
107
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1862
End :
1/1/1933
description :
Diplomat
country :
Japan
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitobe_Inaz%C5%8D
description
He became the first Under-Secretary-General of the League of Nations when it was founded in 1920, and later the Director of the International Offices Section that would later become the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was also a fervent Christian who worked hard to improve Japan's position in the world.
Jules Destree
id :
104
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1863
End :
1/1/1936
description :
Activist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Destr%C3%A9e
description
Jules Destrée leads a political career within the Belgian Workers' Party (POB). During the First World War, he carried out various diplomatic missions around the world. At the end of the conflict, he served as Minister of Arts and Sciences and created the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium. He also campaigned for the cultural autonomy of Flanders and Wallonia.
Henry-Léon Follin
id :
84
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1866
End :
1/1/1949
description :
Creator of the metapolitical and supranational Republic
country :
France
description
Henry-Léon Follin is an author and activist for the establishment of a supranational and cosmopolitan institution.In 1896, he published a book with liberal perspectives.
Josefa Joteyko
id :
37
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1866
End :
1/1/1928
description :
Doctor, pedagogical specialist
country :
Poland
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zefa_Joteyko
description
Josefa Joteyko is a doctor of medicine and is interested in occupational psychology and becomes head of work in psychophysiology. She founded the Institute of Pedology after the 1911 congress and became a member of the League of Nations.
Jean Delville
id :
82
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1867
End :
1/1/1953
description :
Painter and poet
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville
description
Jean Delville is a painter, poet and theoretician of art. He is very influenced in his works by esotericism. He will exhibit his paintings at the Palais Mondial and in particular his Prométhée that can be seen on archival photos
Louis Couturat
id :
28
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1868
End :
1/1/1914
description :
Philosopher, mathematician, inventor of the Ido
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Couturat
description
A mathematician and philosopher, Louis Couturat is also a pacifist committed to the defence of an international language, IDO.
Léon Losseau
id :
39
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1869
End :
1/1/1949
description :
Bibliophile and patron, contributor to the UDC
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Losseau
description
Léon Losseau, a bibliophile lawyer, contributed to the conception of the CDU and more precisely of class 3, devoted to law and social sciences. He is also a medal collector and the author of an encyclopaedia dedicated to Hainaut.
Herbert Haviland Field
id :
35
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1876
End :
1/1/1921
description :
Founder of the Concilium Bibliographicum
country :
United States
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Haviland_Field
description
Herbert Haviland Field founded the Concilium Bibliographicum and published various bibliographies in the field of zoology and physiology. He improves the Dewey classification in these subjects.
Jean Capart
id :
126
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1877
End :
1/1/1947
description :
Egyptologist, museum curator and actor in the closure of the Mundaneum.
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Capart
description
Egyptologist and museum curator who complains about Otlet's influence and his occupation of the Palais du Cinquantenaire. He is one of those who participated in the closure of the Mundaneum in 1934.
Mary Kelsey
id :
128
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1877
End :
1/1/1948
description :
International activist for pacifism and feminism
country :
United States
outside link :
https://hyperotlet-collections.huma-num.fr/s/site/item/695
description
Mary Kelsey is an American internationalist, pacifist and feminist and philanthropist. With her husband, economics professor Francis W. Kelsey, she participated in activities with the Belgian Relief Fund during the First World War. In the 1920s, she co-organized the Honfleur summer conferences with Jeanne Mélin (French feminist). These meetings, taking place during the summers of 1923, 1925, 1925, should promote intellectual cooperation between nations, remove the younger generations from the grip of war by dispelling the misunderstandings conveyed by national propaganda.
Paul Otlet in his will wrote a letter to her dated 12/27/1938 (never sent) asking him if American institutions would be able to collect his intellectual legacy (Palais Mondial, Mundaneum).
Le Corbusier
id :
24
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1887
End :
1/1/1965
description :
Architect
country :
France, Switzerland
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier
description
Le Corbusier is an architect of the modern movement, whose style is driven by functional design. He worked closely with Paul Otlet regarding the World City project, which he imagined could be located near Geneva.
Jean Gérard
id :
120
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1890
End :
1/1/1956
description :
Librarian
country :
France
description
Deputy Vice-President of the Société de Chimie Industrielle, President of the Permanent Commission for the Organization of International Industrial Chemistry Congresses, Managing Director of the Société de Productions Documentaires, he is also director of scientific and technical periodicals.
Institut de Sociologie Solvay
id :
54
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1902
description :
Scholarly institution, close to the OIB
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Institute_of_Sociology
description
In Belgium, the social question agitates the progressive political elite. The Institute of Sociology was set up under the impetus of Ernest Solvay. It is supported by specialized study groups and social weeks. The Solvay Institute of Sociology was preceded by an Institute of Social Sciences founded in 1894 at the Hotel Ravenstein. In the same building was the International Office for Sociological Bibliography created the previous year by Otlet and La Fontaine. These two institutions, which were close both physically and intellectually, cooperated fruitfully for some years. Both were dedicated to emerging and related sciences.
Igor Platounoff
id :
103
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1917
description :
Collaborator of Otlet
country :
Belgium
description
He is an architect in several countries, including Iraq, the United States and Europe, where he collaborates with Le Corbusier and other peers. He helps Paul Otlet on several occasions with logistics.
Institut de Pédologie
id :
63
types :
Organization
description :
Institution dedicated to pedagogy
country :
Belgium
description
The Institute of Pedology refers to the project of the new science: pedology as a science of childhood and education. The concept of pedology will remain dominant until the concept of educational science becomes dominant. The project is carried by a transdisciplinary will and the work of documentary collection, note-taking, de Ferrière, Claparède. The institute is based at the Rousseau Institute in Geneva.
L'Art moderne
id :
58
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1881
End :
1/1/1914
description :
Art journal, an intellectual crossroads
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Art_moderne
description
This art magazine was created by Edmond Picard, Octave Maus and Emile Verhaeren. It is a symbol of social art. A true cultural and artistic expression, this magazine is at the cutting edge of modernity.
Julian Huxley
id :
105
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1887
End :
1/1/1975
description :
Researcher
country :
United Kingdom
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Huxley
description
He is the first director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and founded the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). A humanist, he worked with John Dewey and Albert Einstein to found the First Humanist Society of New York. He is also a strong supporter of "left-wing" eugenics as a means of improving the social conditions of the human population.
Institut de Physiologie Solvay
id :
62
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1891
description :
Sister institution of the Institute of Sociology
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://data.bnf.fr/11749215/institut_solvay_de_physiologie_bruxelles/
description
The Institute of Physiology was created in 1891 on the initiative of Ernest Solvay at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and it is located in the Parc Léopold in Brussels. Its first director was Paul Héger. It was to be the venue for the Solvay conferences that were to welcome the greatest names in physics at the time.
Musée du livre
id :
125
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1906
End :
1/1/1950
description :
A pioneering museum
country :
Belgium
description
The Book Museum had a flourishing start with many supporters. Otlet is its director and spearhead, before gradually losing his influence.
Milisa Coops
id :
87
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1912
End :
1/1/2006
description :
Assisted Otlet in the preparation of his Treaty on documentation
country :
The Netherlands
description
Wilhelmina Emilia Suzanna Coops, known as Milisa Coops is the daughter of Johan Willem Georg Coops, a friend of Paul Otlet. She comes to help Paul Otlet in his task of formatting the Treatise on Documentation. She calls Otlet her uncle. She then made a career as a librarian, notably at Unesco
Mundaneum
id :
14
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1920
description :
Paul Otlet's lifelong project
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundaneum
description
The Mundaneum is Paul Otlet's flagship project, a beacon in every sense of the word. It is the idea he has been working on all his life, representing best his double ambition of advancing both knowledge and peace between men. The Mundaneum is also a network and a place. An intellectual centre created in 1920 at the Palais du Cinquantenaire (Brussels), it hosts all the activities in which Otlet is involved: bibliography, heritage, research, international cooperation, activism. The Mundaneum is today embodied by the museum and archive centre of the same name in Mons, Belgium.
INTD
id :
21
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1950
description :
Institut national des sciences et des techniques de la documentation
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_national_des_techniques_de_la_documentation
description
The Institut national des sciences et techniques de la documentation (INTD) is an institute of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), training information and documentation specialists. It was founded in 1950 and is located in Paris. Its first director was Suzanne Briet.
Louis Masure
id :
79
types :
Person
description :
IIB Secretary
country :
Belgium
description
Louis Masure starts working for the International Federation for Information and Documentation in 1896 where he works closely with Otlet and La Fontaine on personnel management and work monitoring.
Maria Van Mons
id :
106
types :
Person
End :
1/1/1866
description :
Mother of Paul Otlet
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://books.google.fr/books?id=I0vcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT12&lpg=PT12&dq=Maria+Van+Mons+mundaneum&source=bl&ots=beageS0vpL&sig=ACfU3U2Z6eM-kaOsGjdoDGYdUyh1qSL2VQ&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2k4em8pzpAhVWDmMBHcaRD-YQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Maria%20Van%20Mons%20mundaneum&f=false
description
Biological mother of Paul Otlet and first wife of his father, Edouard Otlet. She died three years after the birth of her son.
NOP
id :
70
types :
Organization
description :
Joint project of Paul Otlet and Otto Neurath
country :
Belgium, Austria
description
NOP or "Novus Orbis Pictus" or New Orbis Neurath to Paul Otlet, July Pictus NOP also stands for "Neurath Otto-Otlet Paul". It is a joint project between the two men to bring together projects such as Mundaneum, encyclopedia and more specifically to set up didactic exhibitions.
Paul Héger
id :
36
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1846
End :
1/1/1925
description :
Biologist, rector of the Free University of Brussels
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_H%C3%A9ger
description
The uncle of Paul Otlet, Paul Héger was a pioneering doctor and rector of the Université libre de Bruxelles. He developed a more experimental approach to medical education. His work earned him the support of industrialist Ernest Solvay for the creation of the Institute of Physiology.
Valérie Linden
id :
115
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1851
End :
1/1/1944
description :
Second wife of Édouard Otlet
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_linden_jean
description
Stepmother of Paul Otlet and second wife of Edouard Otlet
Wilhelm Ostwald
id :
19
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1853
End :
1/1/1932
description :
Chemist, founder of Die Brücke
country :
Germany
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Ostwald
description
Wilhelm Ostwald, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1909, is the creator of modern physical chemistry. He is a universalist: he imagined a monetary standard, and was also invested in several international language projects such as Esperanto, its derivative Ido or Weltdeutsch. He founded Die Brücke with to organize intellectual work on an international scale.
Patrick Geddes
id :
34
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1854
End :
1/1/1932
description :
Influential scholar, thinker and pioneer
country :
Scotland
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Geddes
description
Patrick Geddes, a major theorist of urban planning, introduces the notion of environment in the development of cities. He led multiple architectural, urban planning and encyclopaedic projects. His Collège des Écossais (Scots College) is an attempt to create an international university city. He corresponded with Paul Otlet in French for many years.
Octave Van Rysselberghe
id :
108
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1855
End :
1/1/1929
description :
Architect
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Van_Rysselberghe
description
He is an architect resulting from the Art Nouveau movement. He participates in the design of many tourist hotels, but also for private individuals as with the Hotel De Otlet and the Hotel De Brouckère, built from 1894 to 1898 for the lawyer.
Octave Maus
id :
40
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1856
End :
1/1/1919
description :
Writer, esthete, art critic
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Maus
description
This lawyer and art critic participated in the free-aesthetic movement. He directed, with Vendervelde and Picard, the Art Moderne magazine.
Paul Otlet
id :
1
types :
Otlet
Begin :
1/1/1868
End :
1/1/1944
description :
Founder of the Mundaneum and jurist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Otlet
description
Paul Otlet is the mind behind the Mundaneum, a milestone in the history of data collection, host to the Répertoire Bibliographique Universel (National Bibliographic Directory). He spent his life developping this organisation and the network of people and institutions surrounding it.
William DuBois
id :
117
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1868
End :
1/1/1963
description :
Activist
country :
United States
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois
description
The first African-American to earn a doctorate at Harvard University, he is a committed socialist and pacifist and travels the world. He fights colonialism and imperialism in Africa and Asia. He campaigns for equal rights for blacks and organizes with Paul Otlet and Paul Panda Farnana the Second Pan-African Congress.
René Worms
id :
111
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1869
End :
1/1/1926
description :
Politician
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Worms
description
He is an agrégé de philisophie and founder of the Société de Sociologie de Paris. He will largely participate in structuring and constituting his discipline as an autonomous science. In January 1893, he founded the International Review of Sociology. However, he was in competition with his peers who divided this scientific field into several branches.
Ovide Decroly
id :
29
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1871
End :
1/1/1932
description :
Physician, reformer pedagogue
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovide_Decroly
description
Ovide Decroly was a Belgian teacher and psychologist. He mainly worked with mentally handicapped children, and created a new pedagogical approach nicknamed the "Decroly plan".
Robert Goldschmidt
id :
5
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1877
End :
1/1/1935
description :
Co-inventor with Otlet of the microfiche
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goldschmidt
description
A Belgian doctor of science, Robert Goldschmidt stands out for his technical innovations — the airship, telegraphy and wireless transmission. He develops the microfilm and, with Otlet, a mobile library device based on microfiche books.
Samuel Clement Bradford
id :
113
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1878
End :
1/1/1948
description :
Researcher
country :
United Kingdom
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_C._Bradford
description
This British mathematician and librarian developed the "Bradford's Law" (or "Law of Dispersion") which paved the way for bibliometrics and citation analysis in scientific publications. He founded the British Society for International Bibliography (BSIB) and was appointed President of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID).
Otto Neurath
id :
8
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1882
End :
1/1/1945
description :
Sociologist, member of the Vienna Circle
country :
Austria
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurath
description
Otto Neurath is an Austrian sociologist and philosopher. He creates a socio-economic museum in Vienna in 1925. He develops a language of quantitative data representation - the Isotype. With Otlet, he builds the Mundaneum network, which he co-directs from Holland. The merging of their ideas is representated by the “NOP” symbol.
Paul Panda Farnana
id :
109
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1888
End :
1/1/1930
description :
Activist
country :
congo
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Panda_Farnana
description
The first Congolese to have completed his higher education in Belgium, he returned to the country as a "colonial agricultural engineer", but also as a nationalist virulently denouncing the colonial methods put in place by the Belgians. He demands more equality and access to Belgian decision-making bodies for the Congolese. Together with Paul Otlet and W.E.B. Dubois, he organised the Second Pan-African Congress.
Union interparlementaire
id :
57
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1889
description :
Actor of multilateral institutional cooperation
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_interparlementaire
description
A grouping of sovereign parliaments, the IU is a political international institution whose creation in 1889 was dominated by pacifism.
Société d'études sociales et politiques
id :
55
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1890
description :
Scholarly institution
country :
Belgium
description
This society, created in 1890 by Auguste Couvreur, a mix of progressive personalities, is structured around a library, a bibliographic service and a journal.
Rodolph Carnap
id :
112
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1891
description :
Researcher
country :
Germany
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Carnap
description
A German philosopher and mathematician, he also studied physics. He fled Nazism to the United States and devoted himself to the philosophy of science and logic: he worked extensively on the influence of language on meaning and on analytical thinking, imagining a project for a family tree of scientific concepts.
Union de la presse périodique belge
id :
67
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1891
description :
Association of belgian press
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_international_de_la_presse
description
This association brings together press professionals linked to the International Press Museum project whose aim is the conservation of newspapers published in the form of an unofficial legal deposit. Paul Otlet is the vice-president and then the president following Octave Maus.
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
id :
75
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1892
End :
1/1/1972
description :
Librarian
country :
India
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiyali_Ramamrita_Ranganathan
description
Ranganathan was a mathematician who became a librarian after being recruited during a competition in India. He then decided to train in librarianship in England. He proposed a new, less occidental classification: the faceted classification. It develops the 5 laws of library science.
Raphaël Deville
id :
110
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1894
description :
Artist
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwiAhv-s75zpAhWZCWMBHRbxDUkQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.griffith.edu.au%2F__data%2Fassets%2Fpdf_file%2F0036%2F349776%2FS16_02_Van-Acker_Opening-the-Shrine-of-the-Mundaneum.pdf&usg=AOvVaw312u9cUmW2rCnae2uOmfjE
description
With the architects Le Corbusier and Stanislas Jasinski, he took part in drawing up the plans for the Cité Mondial-Mundaneum.
Suzanne Briet
id :
2
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1894
End :
1/1/1989
description :
"Madam Documentation"
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Briet
description
Suzanne Briet is a librarian, pioneer of Information and Communication Sciences in France. She plays a central part in the professionalization of documentation through the Union française des organismes de la documentation (UFOD) and the Institut national des sciences et techniques de la documentation (INTD). She is also Vice-President of the International Federation of Documentation (FID, former IIB). Her 1951 book, “What is documentation?” was the focus of several research articles and books.
OIB / IIB / FID
id :
13
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1895
End :
1/1/2002
description :
OIB, then IIB and finally FID
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_international_de_bibliographie
description
The International Bibliography Office was founded in 1895 by Otlet and La Fontaine. The Universal Bibliographic Directory, which is its main output, was an intellectual tool for knowledge sharing and research (sometimes called “a Google of paper”). The Office will successively become the International Bibliography Institute (IIB) and then the International Federation of Documentation (FID).
Prix Nobel
id :
64
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1901
description :
Prestigious awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize
country :
Sweden
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Nobel
description
Association created on the initiative of Alfred Nobel, it has awarded prizes (including the Nobel Peace Prize) every year since 1901.
République métapolitique et supranationale
id :
83
types :
Organization
description :
Institution
description
Paul Otlet is the representative for Belgium. The project secretariat is located at the Palais Mondial.
Université nouvelle de Bruxelles
id :
59
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1894
End :
1/1/1919
description :
Independent and free university
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_nouvelle_de_Bruxelles
description
Born out of a democratic crisis at the University of Brussels, the new university offered free university education from 1894 to 1919. From this experience remains the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Belgique.
UDC
id :
20
types :
Work
Begin :
1/1/1895
description :
Universal Decimal Classification
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_d%C3%A9cimale_universelle
description
The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is a library classification system developed by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine at the International Bibliography Institute (IIB) in 1895, based on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), and with the permission of Melvil Dewey. It has been published several times since 1905. It has been translated into 40 languages.
Stanislas Jasinski
id :
114
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1901
End :
1/1/1978
description :
Researcher
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislas_Jasinski
description
An apprentice architect, he arrived after the First World War in the devastated regions of northern France. He sees in the remaining shreds of the cities a lesson in urban anatomy. From 1923 to 1924 he worked in Paris with several architects, including Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as "Le Corbusier". He later worked on major works including the plans for the Mundaneum city.
Warden Boyd Rayward
id :
116
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1905
description :
Researcher
country :
Australia
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Boyd_Rayward
description
Warden Boyd Rayward is a researcher in library science. He received his Ph.D. and defended his thesis in 1973 on Paul Otlet. He dedicates several articles to him during his career between the United States and Europe.
Union des associations internationales
id :
122
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1907
description :
Non-governmental organization
country :
Belgium
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_des_associations_internationales
description
It is is a non-governmental organization created by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine. Currently, this structure is under the mandate of the United Nations. One of the main activities of this institution is the publication of a directory which relates all the international activities.
Robert Pagès
id :
9
types :
Person
Begin :
1/1/1919
End :
1/1/2007
description :
Intellectual, document theorist
country :
France
outside link :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pag%C3%A8s
description
Robert Pagès is known as a scientist, social psychologist at the CNRS, and former Resistance fighter. Since 2017, he has been rediscovered by the information science community because of his writings contemporary with those of Suzanne Briet, in particular the essay "Transformations documentaires et milieu culturel" (1948) and the concept of self-document introduced in the latter.
UFOD
id :
119
types :
Organization
Begin :
1/1/1932
description :
French Union of Documentation Organizations
country :
France
description
Provides training for librarians
Watson Davis
id :
76
types :
Person
description :
Creator of the American Documentation Institute
country :
United States
outside link :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_Davis
description
Davis is the creator of the American Documentation Institute, inspired by the ideas of Paul Otlet.
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