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Dictionary of National Biography
Reference on notable British figures
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since The updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) was published on 23 September in 60 volumes and online, with 50, biographical articles covering 54, lives.
First series
[edit]Hoping to emulate national biographical collections published elsewhere in Europe, such as the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (), in the publisher George Smith (–), of Smith, Elder & Co., planned a universal dictionary that would include biographical entries on individuals from world history. He approached Leslie Stephen, then editor of the Cornhill Magazine, owned by Smith, to become the editor. Stephen persuaded Smith that the work should focus only on subjects from the United Kingdom and its present and former colonies. An early working title was the Biographia Britannica, the name of an earlier eighteenth-century reference work.
The first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography appeared on 1 January In May Leslie Stephen resigned and Sidney Lee, Stephen's assistant editor from the beginning of the project, succeeded him as editor.[1] A
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online [U.K.] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online [U.K.]
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is an "illustrated collection of more than 50, specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain's past ". Coverage is from the earliest times to those who have been dead for 4 years or more.
This the online equivalent of the volume print edition. It is updated 3 times per year.
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