Biography -- Dictionaries
Use as a form subdivision under names of countries, cities, etc., names of individual corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, and historic events.
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Biography -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800
- Biography -- Dictionaries -- French
- Christian biography -- Dictionaries
- Ethics -- Dictionaries
- Health -- Dictionaries
- Psychology -- Dictionaries
- African American men -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- African Americans -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Artists -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Australia -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Authors, Medieval -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Belgium -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Canada -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- China -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Cuba -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Denmark -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Falkland Islands -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Hungary -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- India -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Iowa -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Ireland -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- London (England) -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Netherlands -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- New Zealand -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Norway -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Performing arts -- England -- London -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Printers -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- South Georgia (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Sweden -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Theater -- England -- London -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Women -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Biographical dictionaries
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Dictionary of World Biography (fifth edition, c2018), by Barry O. Jones (multiple formats at ANU E Press)- Cyclopedia of Universal Biography: A Record of the Names of the Most Eminent Men of the World (Home Cyclopedia v4; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1855), by Parke Godwin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Cyclopedia of Universal Biography: A Record of the Names of the Most Eminent Men of the World (Home Cyclopedia v4; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1856), by Parke Godwin
- Hand-Book of Universal Biography (Putnam's Home Cyclopedia v4; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852), by Parke Godwin
- An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Selected and Abridged from the Great Work of Peter Bayle; With a Life of Bayle (4 volumes; London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, 1826), by Pierre Bayle
- Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries (15th edition; London: G. Routledge and sons, 1899), ed. by Victor Plarr (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Hartley et al., 1703) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Remarques Critiques sur le Dictionnaire de Bayle (2 volumes in 1, in French; Paris: H. Guerin; Dijon: Hermil-Andrea, 1748), by Philippe-Louis Joly (multiple formats at Google)
- A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines (4 volumes; London: John Murray, 1877-1887), ed. by William Smith and Henry Wace
- A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies (based on the 1911 John Murray edition), ed. by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy (multiple formats at CCEL)
- Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (13 volumes; Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark; New York: C Scribner's Sons, 1908-1926), ed. by James Hastings, John A. Selbie, and Louis H. Gray
- Volume I (A - Art): multiple formmats at archive.org
- Volume II (Arthur - Bunyan): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III (Burial - Confessions): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV (Confirmation - Drama): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V (Dravidians - Fichte): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI (Fiction - Hyksos): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VII (Hymns - Liberty): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VIII (Life and Death - Mulla): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IX (Mundas - Phrygians): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume X (Picts - Sacraments): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XI (Sacrifice - Sudra): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XII (Suffering - Zwingli): multiple formats at archive.org
- Index volume: multiple formats at archive.org
- Compilation of Abbreviations and Terms (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
- Jung Lexicon: A Primer of Terms and Concepts (c1991), by Daryl Sharp (PDF at innercitybooks.net)
- Compilation of Abbreviations and Terms (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
- Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising (Cleveland: G. M. Rewell, 1887), by William J. Simmons (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent ("volume 1" only volume published; 1915), ed. by Frank Lincoln Mather
- Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800 (online edition, 2008), by Neil Jeffares (PDF files with commentary at pastellists.com)
- Australian Dictionary of Biography (online edition) (HTML in Australia)
- A Dictionary of Medieval Romance And Romance Writers (London: G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1913), by Lewis Spence (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Biographie Nationale, by Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (in English and French) (searchable HTML at biographi.ca)
- Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 (1914-1915 only volume known; New York: American Commonwealth Co., c1914), ed. by John W. Leonard
- The Chinese Reader's Manual: A Handbook of Biographical, Historical, Mythological, and General Literary Reference (reprinted from the edition of 1874; London: Probsthain and Co.; Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1910), by William Frederick Mayers (page images at HathiTrust)
- Diccionario Geografico, Estadístico, Historico, de la Isla de Cuba (4 volumes in Spanish; 1863-1866), by Jacobo de la Pezuela (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dansk Biografisk Lexikon: Tillige Omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814 (19 volumes; Copenhagen: F. Hegel and son, 1887-1905), ed. by Carl Frederik Bricka (HTML and page images at Projekt Runeberg)
- The Dictionary of Falklands Biography, Including South Georgia (online edition), ed. by David Tatham (HTML at falklandsbiographies.org)
- Dictionary of Indian Biography (London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1906), by C. E. Buckland (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, at Oxford U. Press, 1922), by Henry R. Plomer, ed. by Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, contrib. by Harry Gidney Aldis, Ernest Reginald McClintock Dix, G. J. Gray, and R. B. McKerrow
- A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1907), by Henry R. Plomer
- A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)
- Magyar Írók Névtára;: Életrajzi és Kónyvészeti Adatok gyüjteménye (in Hungarian; Pozsonyban: Nirschy Ferenc könyunyomdája Pozsonyban, 1876), ed. by Moenich Károly and Vutkovich Sándor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dictionary of Indian Biography (London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1906), by C. E. Buckland (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa (electronic edition, c2009), ed. by David Hudson, Marvin Bergman, and Loren N. Horton (searchable HTML at Iowa)
- A Compendium of Irish Biography: Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, Eminent Persons Connected With Ireland By Office or By Their Writings (Dublin: M. H. Gill, 1878), by Alfred Webb (HTML with commentary at libraryireland.com)
- Dictionary of Irish Biography (free online edition) (HTML at dib.ie)
- A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)
- Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (10 volumes, in Dutch; 1911-1937), ed. by P. C. Molhuysen and P. J. Blok (multiple formats at dbnl.org)
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (electronic edition) (HTML in New Zealand)
- Hvem er Hvem? Haandbok Over Samtidige Norske Maens og Kvinder (in Norwegian; Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1912) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern, Bibliographical Illustrations, Etc. Etc. (London: H. Johnson; et al., 1839), by C. H. Timperley
- The Dictionary of Falklands Biography, Including South Georgia (online edition), ed. by David Tatham (HTML at falklandsbiographies.org)
- Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (electronic edition, in Swedish) (search HTML at National Archives of Sweden)
- The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (partial serial archives)
- Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 (1914-1915 only volume known; New York: American Commonwealth Co., c1914), ed. by John W. Leonard
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Biography- An Italian Portrait Gallery: Being Brief Biographies of Scholars Illustrious Within the Memory of Our Grand-Fathers for the Published Monument of Their Genius (Boston: Chapman and Grimes, 1935), by Paolo Giovio, trans. by Florence Alden Gragg (HTML at elfinspell.com)
- Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays (c1931), by Lytton Strachey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Biographical Sketches (New York: Leypoldt and Holt, 1869), by Harriet Martineau (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Biographical Sketches (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863), by Nassau William Senior
- A Book of Worthies, Gathered From the Old Histories and Now Written Anew (London: Macmillan and Co, 1869), by Charlotte M. Yonge (multiple formats at Google)
- Brief Biographies (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861; with illustrations added for the online edition), by Samuel Smiles (illustrated HTML with commentary in the UK)
- Classic Memoirs (revised edition, 3 volumes; New York: Colonial Press, c1901), contrib. by George Saintsbury and Robert Arnot
- Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great (14 volume Memorial edition, 1916), by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg texts)
- The One Great Society: A Book of Recollections (New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co., c1918), by Frederick Henry Lynch (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (Columbus, OH: J. and H. Miller, 1856), by Thomas H. Prescott
- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (St. Louis: J. and H. Miller, 1856), by Thomas H. Prescott (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (Columbus OH: J. and H. Miller, 1857), by Thomas H. Prescott
- Curiosities of Human Nature (Boston: J. E. Hickman, ca. 1843), by Samuel G. Goodrich (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women, With Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers (Springfield, MA: King-Richardson Pub. Co., 1897), ed. by William C. King, contrib. by C. H. Parkhurst (multiple formats at archive.org)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.