Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Explore the lives of 50,000 people from all around the world who have shaped the British past over the last 2400 years from the Greek explorer Pytheas (fourth century BC) to Princess Diana

• from the founding fathers of America to the nawabs of Bengal
• from Freddy Mercury to Stanley Kubrick
• from Queen Victoria to Marie Stopes

If you are a researcher, student, historian or just love biography, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) will become a much loved and valued resource. In addition to new 60 volume edition at Uxbridge Central Library the online version is also available. It also provides access to the complete text of the original thirty-three volume Dictionary of National Biography.

ODNB - The power and range of online searching

• Quick search by name or word from every web page.
• Search for people by date, sex, field of interest, place and/or date of birth, education, death or burial.
• Extensive biographical search options mean that you can find the answers to the following questions in seconds.
  • Which historian was buried in Highgate cemetery in 1996?
  • Who studied at the LSE between 1920 and 1930?
  • Which publisher born in Slatinske Doly died at sea?
  • Who are the civil engineers native to Glasgow ?
  • Which novelist wrote under the pseudonym Currer Bell?
  • Who was born on my birthday?

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