| 词条 | Charles H. Compton |
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| name = Charles H. Compton | office = President of the American Library Association | term_start = 1934 | term_end = 1935 | predecessor = Gratia A. Countryman | successor = Louis Round Wilson | birth_name = Charles Herrick Compton | birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|10|24}} | birth_place = Palmyra, Nebraska, USA | death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|03|17|1880|10|24}} | death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, USA | nationality = American | occupation = Librarian | education = University of Nebraska }}Charles Herrick Compton (October 24, 1880 – March 17, 1966)[1] is an American librarian and educator. Compton earned a degree from the University of Nebraska in 1901 and then attended the New York State library School from 1905 to 1908. He worked for the Seattle Public Library from 1910 to 1917 and left to work for the American Library Association during the first world war, buying books for the Library War Service. After the war, Compton went to work as an Assistant librarian for the St. Louis Public Library where he became Director in 1938. He retired from the St. Louis Public Library in 1950.[2] Compton served as President of the American Library Association from 1934 to 1935.[3] Publications
References1. ^Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. {{s-start}}{{s-npo}}{{s-bef|before=Gratia A. Countryman}}{{s-ttl|title=President of the American Library Association|years=1934–1935}}{{s-aft|after=Louis Round Wilson}}{{s-end}}{{ALA Presidents}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Compton, Charles H.}}{{library-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Marco|first1=Guy A.|title=The American Public Library Handbook|date=2012|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=9781591589112|page=104}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=ALA's Past Presidents|url=http://www.ala.org/aboutala/history/past|website=American Library Association|accessdate=5 March 2016}} 4 : 1880 births|1966 deaths|Presidents of the American Library Association|American librarians |
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