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'''LA BIOGRAPHE''' is a not entirely fitting term to describe those who were instrumental in constructing the narrative around [[Paul Otlet]] and may refer to:
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'''LE BIOGRAPHE''' is used for persons that are instrumental in constructing the narrative of [[Paul Otlet]]. It may refer to:
  
* '''[[Warden Boyd Rayward]]'''
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* '''[[André Canonne]]''', librarian and director of the Centre de Lecture publique de la Communauté française (CLPCF). Discovers the [[Mundaneum]] in the 1960s. Publishes a facsimile edition of the ''[[Traité de documentation]]'' (1989) and prepares the opening of Espace [[Mundaneum]] in Brussels at [[Place Rogier]] (1990)
* '''[[Alex Wright]]'''
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* '''[[Warden Boyd Rayward]]''', librarian scientist, discovers the [[Mundaneum]] in the 1970s. Writes the first biography of [[Paul Otlet]] in English: ''The Universe of Information: the Work of Paul Otlet for Documentation and international Organization'' (1975)
* '''[[André Canonne]]'''
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* '''[[Benoît Peeters]]''' and '''[[François Schuiten]]''', comics-writers and scenographers, discover the [[Mundaneum]] in the 1980s. The archivist in the graphic novel ''Les Cités Obscures '' (1983) is modelled on [[Paul Otlet]]
* '''[[Françoise Levie]]'''
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* '''[[Françoise Levie]]''', filmmaker, discovers the [[Mundaneum]] in the 1990s. Author of the fictionalised biography ''The man who wanted to classify the world'' (2002)
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* '''[[Alex Wright]]''', writer and journalist, discovers the [[Mundaneum]] in 2003. Author of ''Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age'' (2014)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 13 June 2016

LE BIOGRAPHE is used for persons that are instrumental in constructing the narrative of Paul Otlet. It may refer to:

  • André Canonne, librarian and director of the Centre de Lecture publique de la Communauté française (CLPCF). Discovers the Mundaneum in the 1960s. Publishes a facsimile edition of the Traité de documentation (1989) and prepares the opening of Espace Mundaneum in Brussels at Place Rogier (1990)
  • Warden Boyd Rayward, librarian scientist, discovers the Mundaneum in the 1970s. Writes the first biography of Paul Otlet in English: The Universe of Information: the Work of Paul Otlet for Documentation and international Organization (1975)
  • Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten, comics-writers and scenographers, discover the Mundaneum in the 1980s. The archivist in the graphic novel Les Cités Obscures (1983) is modelled on Paul Otlet
  • Françoise Levie, filmmaker, discovers the Mundaneum in the 1990s. Author of the fictionalised biography The man who wanted to classify the world (2002)
  • Alex Wright, writer and journalist, discovers the Mundaneum in 2003. Author of Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age (2014)