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Paul Otlet (1868 – 1944) was a Belgian bibliographer.

Paul Marie Ghislain Otlet was born on August 23, 1868 in Brussels, Belgium. After secondary education in PAris and Brussels, he studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and the Free University of Brussels, he earned a law degree in 1890. Becoming dissatisfied he developed his interest in bibliography. His essay "Un peu de bibliographie" [Something about bibliography], written in 1892 laid out pans which he followed for the rest of his life.

In 1895 Otlet and Henri La Fontaine founded an International Institute for Bibliography which later became the International Institute for Documentation. He died on December 10, 1944 in Brussels.

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