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The Oxford dictionary of national biography : in association with the British Academy : from the earliest times to the year 2000 / edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison
Bib ID 3083219
Format BookBook [text, volume]
Description Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004 
61 volumes : portraits ; 26 cm 
ISBN 019861411X (set of sixty volumes)
0198614136 (index of contributors)
Summary

Illustrated collection of biographies of the men and women (no longer living) from the 4th century BC, who shaped all aspects of Britain's past.

Full contents
  • v. 1. Aaron-Amory
  • v. 2. Amos-Avory
  • v. 3. Avranches-Barnewall
  • v. 4. Barney-Bellasis
  • v. 5. Belle-Blackman
  • v. 6. Blackmore-Bowyer
  • v. 7. Box-Browell
  • v. 8. Brown-Burstow
  • v. 9. Burt-Capon
  • v. 10. Cappe-Chancellor
 
Notes

"Rev. ed. of: Dictionary of national biography, 1885-1901"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://www.oxforddnb.com/subscribed/

Subjects Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Other authors/contributors Matthew, H. C. G. (Henry Colin Gray), editor  |  Harrison, Brian Howard, editor  |  British Academy
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