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Oxford dictionary of national biography : in association with the British Academy : from the earliest times to the year 2000

Author: H C G Matthew; Brian Howard Harrison; British Academy.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Over a twelve-year period a distinguished supervisory committee from the University of Oxford, with a grant from the British Academy, has coordinated the work of 10,000 specialists worldwide to recreate one of the great English reference works. The result is the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography--a collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography Dictionaries
Biography
Encyclopedias
Biographies Dictionnaires anglais
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Oxford dictionary of national biography.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
(OCoLC)297241773
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: H C G Matthew; Brian Howard Harrison; British Academy.
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OCLC Number: 54778415
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Dictionary of national biography. 1885-1901.
Description: 60 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: v. 1. Aaron-Amory --
v. 2. Amos-Avory --
v. 3. Avranches-Barnewall --
v. 4. Barney-Bellasis --
v. 5. Belle-Blackman --
v. 6. Blackmore-Bowyer --
v. 7. Box-Browell --
v. 8. Brown-Burstow --
v. 9. Burt-Capon --
v. 10. Cappe-Chancellor --
v. 11. Chandler-Cleeve --
v. 12. Clegg-Const --
v. 13. Constable-Crane --
v. 14. Cranfield-Dalwood --
v. 15. Daly-Dewar --
v. 16. Dewes-Dryland --
v. 17. Drysdale-Ekins --
v. 18. Ela-Fancourt --
v. 19. Fane-Flatman --
v. 20. Flattisbury-Freston --
v. 21. Freud-Gibberd --
v. 22. Gibbes-Gospatric --
v. 23. Goss-Griffiths --
v. 24. Grigg-Hanboys --
v. 25. Hanbury-Hay --
v. 26. Haycock-Hichens --
v. 27. Hickeringill-Hooper --
v. 28. Hooppell-Hutcheson --
v. 29. Hutchins-Jennens --
v. 30. Jenner-Keayne --
v. 31. Kebell-Knowlys --v. 32. Knox-Lear --
v. 33. Leared-Lister --
v. 34. Liston-McAlpine --
v. 35. Macan-Macpherson --
v. 36. Macquarie-Martin --
v. 37. Martindale-Meynell --
v. 38. Meyrick-Morande --
v. 39. Morant-Murray --
v. 40. Murrell-Nooth --
v. 41. Norbury-Osborn --
v. 42. Osborne-Pate --
v. 43. Patel-Phelips --
v. 44. Phelps-Poston --
v. 45. Pote-Randles --
v. 46. Randolph-Rippingille --
v. 47. Rippon-Rowe --
v. 48. Rowell-Sarsfield --
v. 49. Sartorius-Sharman --
v. 50. Sharp-Smiles --
v. 51. Smillie-Sprott --
v. 52. Spruce-Strakosch --
v. 53. Strang-Taylor --
v. 54. Taylour-Tonneys --
v. 55. Tonson-Usher --
v. 56. Usk-Wallich --
v. 57. Walliers-Welles --
v. 58. Wellesley-Wilkinson --
v. 59. Wilks-Wolman --
v. 60. Wolmark-Zuylestein.
Other Titles: Oxford DNB
Dictionary of national biography.
Responsibility: edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison.

Abstract:

Over a twelve-year period a distinguished supervisory committee from the University of Oxford, with a grant from the British Academy, has coordinated the work of 10,000 specialists worldwide to recreate one of the great English reference works. The result is the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography--a collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.
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