George Locke
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George Herbert Locke was a Canadian librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...

. He was chief librarian of the Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public library system in Canada and in 2008, had averaged a higher...

 from 1908 until his death, a time of great expansion in that library system. He was the first Canadian to be president of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

. The George H. Locke Memorial Branch of the Toronto Public Library, which opened in 1949, is named after him.
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