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| Popular As |
John Cotton Dana |
| Occupation |
Activist |
| Age |
years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
August 19, 1856 (Vermont) |
| Birthday |
August 19 |
| Town/City |
Vermont |
| Nationality |
Vermont |
🌙 Zodiac
John Cotton Dana’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
John Cotton Dana was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
About
He devoted his life to making public libraries more accessible and useful to users, as well as promoting reading.
Before Fame
After studying law he became the director of the Denver Public library, which he made among the first to allow visitors to browse without librarian oversight.
Trivia
At the Newark Public library in New Jersey he instituted one of the first foreign-language literature sections, and decorated it with paintings from American artists.
Family Life
He was born in Woodstock, Vermont.
Associated With
Like him the author Daniel Boorstin, as a Librarian of Congress, helped to promote reading.
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