Nouvelle Biographie Générale
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The Nouvelle Biographie Générale[1] ("New General Biography") was a 46-volume, French-language, biographical reference work, compiled between 1852 and 1866 by Ferdinand Hoefer, French physician and lexicographer.
The first nine volumes were entitled Nouvelle Biographie Universelle ("New Universal Biography").
Notes
[edit]- ^ Its full title was Nouvelle Biographie Générale, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources a consulter ("New General Biography, from earliest times to the present, with bibliographic information and details of sources to consult").
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[edit]The volumes of the Nouvelle Biographie Générale (pub. Firmin Didot fréres etc.) in various file formats in the Internet Archive:
Volume | From | To |
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Volume 1 | AA | Alfez |
Volume 2 | Alfieri | Aragona |
Volume 3 | Aragonèse | Azzubeydi |
Volume 4 | Baaden-Durlach | Beaumanoir |
Volume 5 | Beaumarchais | Biccius |
Volume 6 | Bichat | Boulduc |
Volume 7 | Boulen | Bzovius |
Volume 8 | Cabacius | Caselles |
Volume 9 | Casenave | Charost |
Volume 10 | Charpentier | Cochran |
Volume 11 | Cochrane | Cortès |
Volume 12 | Cortèse | Danrémont |
Volume 13 | Dans | Dewlet |
Volume 14 | Dexbach | Duchesnois |
Volume 15 | Duchy | Emmery de Sept-Fontaines |
Volume 16 | Emmet | Faes |
Volume 17 | Faesch | Floris |
Volume 18 | Florus | Fryxell |
Volume 19 | Fuad-Effendi | Geoffrin |
Volume 20 | Geoffrin | Goerres |
Volume 21 | Goertz | Grevile |
Volume 22 | Grévin | Gyulay |
Volume 23 | Haag | Hennequin |
Volume 24 | Hennert | Holophira |
Volume 25 | Holst | Irwin |
Volume 26 | Isaac | Joséphine |
Volume 27 | Josépin | Koegler |
Volume 28 | Koehler | La laure |
Volume 29 | La Liborlière | Lavoisien |
Volume 30 | Lavoisier | Lettsom |
Volume 31 | Leu. | Louis-Napoléon |
Volume 32 | Louise se Savoie | Maldeghem |
Volume 33 | Maldonado | Martial |
Volume 34 | Martialis Gargilius | Mérard de Sainte-Juste |
Volume 35 | Mérat | Monnier |
Volume 36 | Monniotte | Murr |
Volume 37 | Murray | Nicolini |
Volume 38 | Nicolle | Ozerof |
Volume 39 | Paaw | Philopémen |
Volume 40 | Philoponus | Preval |
Volume 41 | Prévalaye | Renouard |
Volume 42 | Renoult | Saint-André |
Volume 43 | Saint-Ange | Simiane |
Volume 44 | Simler | Testa |
Volume 45 | Teste | Vermond |
Volume 46 | Verne (La) | Zyll. |
A list of contributors appears at the end of volume 46, the final volume.