Dewey

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• Origin:
• Dewey is a derivative of David, both meaning "beloved".
• Persons:
• George Dewey, U.S. naval officer who attained fame in the Spanish-American War; also referred to as Commodore Dewey
• John Dewey - philosopher, educator
• Edward R Dewey - formed The Foundation for the Study of Cycles
• Thomas E. Dewey - a Governor of New York and unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States
• A. Peter Dewey - first American victim of Vietnam war
• Melvil Dewey, who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for libraries
• Nelson Dewey - First Governor of Wisconsin from 1848 - 1852.
• Animals:
• Dewey (deer) - white-tailed deer cloned from a dead buck by the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine.
• Places:
• Dewey, Arizona
• Dewey, Wisconsin
• Dewey County, Oklahoma
• Dewey County, South Dakota
• Other Deweys:
• Huey, Dewey and Louie - Donald Duck's Nephews
• The Dewey Decimal Classification by Melvil Dewey