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General Reference Works: Biographies

Web Resources

Lives, the Biography Source
http://www.time.com/time/time100/index.html
Comprehensive gateway to online biographies, annotated directories and specialized sites.

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Provided by A&E Television Network, this site has a searchable database of more than 25,000 biographies.

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Identify more than 28,000 individuals, although information on each is brief.

PBS Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html
PBS profiles of famous people, a lot of interesting reads.

Who2? Find Famous People Fast
http://www.who2.com/
Searchable collection of both individual and group biographies, also provides recommended links for further details.

Time 100: Most Important People of the Twentieth Century
http://www.time.com/time/time100/index.html
Profiles of the 100 most important people of the twentieth century by Time Magazine.

 



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