John Edmands
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John Edmands was an American
librarian
who was responsible for innovations in filing methodologies and inspired Poole's guide to periodical literature
.
He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts
, graduated from Phillips Academy
, Andover, and then Yale College
in 1847, and taught at Rocky Mount, North Carolina
for a year before resuming study at Yale Divinity School
from 1848 to 1851. He was librarian for the Yale Debating Society, Brothers in Unity
from 1846 to 1847 and was assistant in the Yale College library from 1851 to 1856. He was followed in that position by William Frederick Poole
, who developed Edmands's Subjects for Debates with Reference to Authorities into Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.
In 1856 Edmands became chief librarian of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia
.
United States
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librarian
Library
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who was responsible for innovations in filing methodologies and inspired Poole's guide to periodical literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
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He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...
, graduated from Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
, Andover, and then Yale College
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
in 1847, and taught at Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is an All-America City Award-winning city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the coastal plains of the state of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1867, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of...
for a year before resuming study at Yale Divinity School
Yale Divinity School
Yale Divinity School is a professional school at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. preparing students for ordained or lay ministry, or for the academy...
from 1848 to 1851. He was librarian for the Yale Debating Society, Brothers in Unity
Brothers in Unity
Brothers in Unity was an 18th century debating society at Yale University. At the time of the formation of Yale's central library, two debating societies, Linonia and Brothers in Unity, donated their respective libraries to the university...
from 1846 to 1847 and was assistant in the Yale College library from 1851 to 1856. He was followed in that position by William Frederick Poole
William Frederick Poole
William Frederick Poole was an American bibliographer and librarian.-Biography:He graduated from Yale University in 1849, where he assisted John Edmands, who was a student at the Brothers in Unity Library...
, who developed Edmands's Subjects for Debates with Reference to Authorities into Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.
In 1856 Edmands became chief librarian of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia
Mercantile Library Company (Philadelphia)
The Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia was established in 1821. Staff included John Edmands. In 1989 the Free Library of Philadelphia absorbed the collections of the Mercantile Library.-Further reading:* William Ellery Channing. -External links:...
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