The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published...
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The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography is a multi-volume collection of biographical articles and portraits of Americans, published since the 1890s...
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The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated Oxford...
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The African American National Biography Project is a joint project of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University...
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2016. Casper, Scott E. (1999). Constructing American Lives: Biography and Culture in Nineteenth-Century America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina...
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of American Biography (DAB) was a multi-volume dictionary published in New York City by Charles Scribner's Sons under the auspices of the American Council...
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List of presidents of the United States (redirect from American presidents)
S2CID 248394036. Presidential biographies Ambrose, Stephen E. (2000) [1999]. "Eisenhower, Dwight David". American National Biography. Oxford University Press...
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Biography (Oxford DNB), it had been expanded to index some content from the American National Biography (ANB). Official website (no longer available)...
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explorer, Indian agent, and governor of Missouri Territory". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697...
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(February 2000). "Himes, Chester Bomar (1909-1984), African-American author". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697...
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The Pulitzer Prize for Biography is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. The award honors "a distinguished...
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"Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893), lawyer and secretary of state". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697...
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Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography is a six-volume collection of biographies of notable people involved in the history of the New World. Published...
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(February 2000). "Mitchell, Wesley Clair (1874-1948), economist". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697...
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Robert Caro (category National Book Award winners)
and a Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2010 President Barack Obama awarded Caro the National Humanities Medal....
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Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet...
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James K. Polk (redirect from James K. Polk biography)
imperfection of human nature", according to James A. Rawley's American National Biography article. In 1803, Ezekiel Polk led four of his adult children...
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Americans in Utah African Americans in the United States Congress African American National Biography Project (List of) African-American Republicans African...
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Kalpana Chawla (category American aerospace engineers)
biography of Kalpana Chawla. Los Gatos, California: Harrison Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9768279-0-0. OCLC 885972649. Chawla, Kalpana. American National Biography...
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ISBN 0-446-51594-9 American National Biography (20 vol. 2000; online and paper copies at academic libraries) short biographies by specialists Bledsoe...
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Ron Chernow (category National Book Award winners)
Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his 2010 book Washington: A Life. He is also the recipient of the National Book Award...
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William Franklin (category Loyalist military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival, (Collins, New York, 2007) 236 W.S. Randall, American National Biography (2000). Franklin, Benjamin...
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(2000). "Lapchick, Joe (1900-1970), basketball player and coach". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900111. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7...
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A'Lelia Bundles (category American biographers)
Perry Bundles (born June 7, 1952) is an American journalist, news producer and author, known for her 2001 biography of her great-great-grandmother Madam...
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Dave Thomas (businessman) (redirect from Dave Thomas (American businessman))
Retrieved August 27, 2019. Wepman, Dennis (2008). "Thomas, Dave". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1002290. Retrieved March...
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William (February 2000). "Smith, C. Aubrey (1863-1948), actor". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697...
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doubt on it being the source of the phrase. According to the American National Biography: What was purported to be the text of the Pittsylvania agreement...
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Avicii (redirect from Tim: The Official Biography of Avicii)
"Now That We Found Love". A biography titled Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii was released in the UK and North America on 16 November 2021. Kitty...
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Afi Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 16 November 2016. Blalock, Glenn (2000). "Morgan, Sir Henry". American National Biography. Oxford University...
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Marilyn Monroe performances and awards (category Lists of awards received by American actor)
the dumb blonde. Margot A. Henriksen, her biographer with the American National Biography, considers the typecast "an unfair stereotype that bothered her...
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