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American Memory The Library of Congress website with hundreds of biographies. Search under the person or enter "biography" as a search term to scan the listings. Biographical Dictionary This site provides brief overviews of 25,000 notable men and women from ancient times to present day, with links to Barnes and Noble to order books about them. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Biography.com The Arts & Entertainment (A&E) cable television channel's searchable Web site features over 20,000 brief biographies and related links for those featured in the A&E Biography program. Colonial Hall Biographical sketches of 103 of America's founding fathers, divided into signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Consitution. Contemporary Authors (Gale Literary Databases) Distinguished Women of Past and Present This site contains biographical sketches of women with sources. GPO Access: Search You may also search the thousands of government produced documents for such Librarians' Index to the Internet: Biography Lives, the Biography Resource This directory of thousands of biographical sites focuses primary of the deceased, although you will find some sites that deal with people who are past their heyday). The page also links to a selection of primary source documents, such as diaries, letters, interviews, and biographical dictionaries. LSG: Librarians Serving Genealogists Focuses on ancestry and origins rather than a person's life. Penn Library Reference Shelf - Biography UW Madison World Biography Links World Biographical Index Contains 2.5 million brief overviews of the lives of famous international people, including full name, birth and death dates, and occupation. [ Top ] |
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