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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)
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Filed under: China -- Biography- A Chinese Biographical Dictionary (New York: Paragon Book Gallery, ca. 1898), by Herbert Allen Giles (page images at HathiTrust)
- China's First Hundred (Pullman, WA: State College of Washington, 1942), by Thomas E. La Fargue (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two Years in the Forbidden City, by Princess Der Ling
- Two Years in the Forbidden City, by Princess Der Ling
- De Calendario Sinico Variae Notiones: Calendarii Sinici et Europaei Concorantia (in Latin and Chinese; Shanghai: Ex typ. Missionis Catholicae, 1885), by Pierre Hoang
- 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)
- Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912) (2 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1943-1944), ed. by Arthur W. Hummel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hui-lan Koo (Madame Wellington Koo): An Autobiography as Told to Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer (New York: Dial Press, c1943), by Madame Wellington Koo and Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Career Patterns in the Ch'ing Dynasty: The Office of the Governor General (Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies #51; c1984), by Raymond W. Chu and William G. Saywell (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
- By Searching (c1957), by Isobel Kuhn (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- The Way of Faith Illustrated: Autobiography of Hu Yong Mi of the China Mission Conference (Chicago: Curts and Jennings; New York: Eaton and Mains, 1896), by Hu Yong Mi (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Beyond Exemplar Tales: Women's Biography in Chinese History (Berkeley et al.: University of California Press, c2011), ed. by Joan Judge and Hu Ying (HTML and PDF with commentary at UC Press)
- Beyond Exemplar Tales: Women's Biography in Chinese History (Berkeley et al.: University of California Press, c2011), ed. by Joan Judge and Hu Ying (HTML and PDF with commentary at UC Press)
- Among the Tibetans, by Isabella L. Bird (Gutenberg text)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (partial serial archives)
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