# S. R. Ranganathan

> Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan was an Indian librarian and mathematician. S. R. Ranganathan is widely known as the “Father of Library Science in India.” His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major faceted classification system, the colon classification. He is considered to be the father of library science, documentation, and information science in India and is widely known throughout the rest of the world for his fundamental thinking in the field. His birthday is observed every year as National Librarian Day in India.

*Indian mathematician and librarian (1892–1972)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1892-08-09
- **Died:** 1972-09-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiyali_Ramamrita_Ranganathan)
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- [Ranganathan](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranganathan)
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- [Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiyali_Ramamrita_Ranganathan)
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- [Ranganathan](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranganathan)
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- [എസ്.ആർ. രംഗനാഥൻ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D.%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BC._%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A5%E0%B5%BB)
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- [ਐਸ. ਆਰ. ਰੰਗਾਨਾਥਨ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%B8._%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0._%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%A8)
- [Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiyali_Ramamrita_Ranganathan)
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- [S. R. Ranganathan](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan)
- [Ранганатан, Шиали Рамамрита](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457933)

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