Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Paul Otlet Biography and Timeline

Follow Paul Otlet through 2 dated historical records for Belgium.

Paul Otlet, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1905–1905Years on this page

1905

International Knowledge Classification

Information Scientist · Brussels · Science / Technology

Creates a flexible classification framework used by libraries and information centres.

Universal Decimal Classification

Information Scientist · Brussels · Science / Technology

Co-develops a decimal system for organizing documents across subject fields.

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.