Fun Library History 10 Famous Librarians* Golda Meir. Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of twenty-four leaders to sign the Israeli declaration of independence in 1948. Before her distinguished political career, however, Golda Meir worked as a librarian. Melvil Dewey. Founder of the Dewey Decimal System, Melvil Dewey attended Amherst College, and worked in the school library to support his living expenses. He stayed on as a librarian after graduation. J. Edgar Hoover. Before becoming the legendary director of the FBI, Hoover went to night school at George Washington University and supported himself by working at the Library of Congress. There, he was a messenger, cataloguer and clerk. Lewis Carroll. The author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Carroll became a sub-librarian at Christ Church in Oxford after graduation from that institution. He left that position in 1857 to become a Mathematical Lecturer. Laura Bush. This former First Lady earned her Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Texas at Austin after working as an elementary school teacher. Beverly Cleary. Cleary - who authored the coveted Ramona Quimby novels - earlier attended the School of Librarianship at the University of Washington, Seattle, and became a children’s librarian. Madeleine L’Engle. Later in life, this renown author of A Wrinkle in Time, served as the librarian and writer-in-residence at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Giacomo Casanova. This infamous spy, writer and diplomat was well-known for his scandalous love affairs with numerous women. But later in life, Casanova worked as a librarian for the Count of Waldstein in Dux, Bohemia. Jacob Grimm. Half of the Brothers Grimm writing team, Jacob worked as a librarian in Kasel (Germany), after graduating with a law degree. During this time, Jacob and his brother Wilhelm collected German folk tales from ordinary citizens that later influenced their writings. Mao Zedong. The founding father of the Peoples Republic of China, Mao Zedong was – as a student - an assistant librarian at Peking University. * Source: AbeBooks
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