Paul Otlet

Paul Otlet

male, deceased (1944)
Paul Otlet (b. August 23, 1868, Belgium - December 10, 1944) was the founding father of documentation, the field of study now more commonly...
Gerard Salton

Gerard Salton

male, deceased (1995)
Gerard Salton (8 March, 1927 in Nuremberg - 28 August, 1995) was a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. Salton was perhaps the...

Jesse Shera

male, deceased (1982)
Jesse Hauk Shera (1903 - 1982) was an American librarian and information scientist who pioneered the use of information technology in libraries and...
Derek J. De Solla Price

Derek J. De Solla Price

male, deceased (1983)
Derek John de Solla Price (January 22 1922 in Leyton, England - September 3 1983) was a historian of science and information scientist, credited as...

Patrick Wilson

male
Patrick Wilson was a noted librarian, information scientist and philosopher who served as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and...

Christine L. Borgman

female
Christine L. Borgman is Professor and University of California Presidential Chair in Information Studies at the Graduate School of Education and...
Hans Peter Luhn

Hans Peter Luhn

male, deceased (1964)
Hans Peter Luhn (July 1, 1896 - August 19, 1964) computer scientist for IBM, creator of the Luhn algorithm and KWIC (Key Words In Context)...