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Louis Round Wilson

Louis Round Wilson (December 27, 1876 – December 10, 1979) was an important figure to the field of library science, and is listed in "100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century," an article in the December 1999 issue of ''American Libraries''. The article lists what he did for the field of library science including dean at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School, directing the library at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and as one of the "internationally oriented library leaders in the U.S. who contributed much of the early history of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions." The Louis Round Wilson Library is named after him. Provided by Wikipedia