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Biographies

American National Biography - Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress -1774-Present.

Biography Reference Bank - Combines the complete content of Wilson's Biographies Plus Illustrated with the complete and enhanced content of Biography Index Plus.

Biography Resource Center - Biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all subject areas.

Contemporary Authors - Bio-bibliographical guide to more than 100,000 current writers.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - The Oxford DNB aims to provide full, accurate, concise, and readable articles, based on current scholarship, on noteworthy people from all walks of life who have left their mark on British history. No living person is included in the dictionary. In September 2004 the Oxford DNB comprised 50,113 substantive articles telling the life stories of 54,922 individuals from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.