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Dictionary of american biography

Accessed 7 Feb. In other projects. It contains "brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making history". Toggle the table of contents. Supplement two, to December 31, History [ edit ]. Search the history of over billion web pages on the Internet.

These 20 volumes contained 15, biographies. Sign up for free Log in. Search the history of over billion web pages on the Internet. Supplement one, to December 31, These twenty volumes had numerous quirks. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Texts Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip.

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For example, the entry for Mary Baker Eddy filled eight pages, the entry for Mark Twain only six and a half. Ten supplementary volumes were issued, between and , each covering people who had died after the previous supplement. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Mills-Oglesby -- XIv.

Internet Arcade Console Living Room. Supplement one. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. External links [ edit ]. Previously published under the titles The Cyclopaedia of American Biography, and Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States American National Biography. EMBED for wordpress. Search the Wayback Machine Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass.

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