DNB

E22504

biographical dictionary encyclopedic work reference work

DNB is the standard abbreviation for the Dictionary of National Biography, a major reference work containing biographical articles on notable figures from British history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
DNB canonical	2
DNB First Supplement	1
DNB Third Supplement	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical dictionary ⓘ encyclopedic work ⓘ reference work ⓘ
abbreviation	DNB ⓘ
aim	to provide authoritative biographies of notable British figures ⓘ
citationForm	DNB self-link ⓘ
countryOfFocus	United Kingdom ⓘ
editor	Leslie Stephen ⓘ Sidney Lee ⓘ
editorialApproach	scholarly, documentary ⓘ
field	reference publishing ⓘ
fullName	Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
genre	national biography ⓘ
geographicCoverage	British Isles ⓘ
hasEdition	revised editions and supplements ⓘ
hasFormat	multi-volume set ⓘ
hasSupplement	DNB self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DNB First Supplement DNB Second Supplement ⓘ DNB self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DNB Third Supplement
influenced	Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
language	English ⓘ
medium	online ⓘ print ⓘ
notableFeature	bibliographical references ⓘ signed scholarly articles ⓘ
originalPublisher	Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
predecessor	Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
publicationEndYear	1900 ⓘ
publicationStartYear	1885 ⓘ
publisher	Oxford University Press ⓘ
relatedWork	Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ surface form: National Biography (various national series) Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
scope	notable persons connected with the British Isles ⓘ
subjectMatter	British history ⓘ biographies ⓘ notable British figures ⓘ
targetAudience	general readers interested in British history ⓘ scholars ⓘ
timeCoverage	from earliest times to late 19th century ⓘ
usedBy	biographers ⓘ historians ⓘ reference librarians ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dictionary of National Biography → abbreviation → DNB ⓘ

DNB → hasSupplement → DNB self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DNB First Supplement

DNB → hasSupplement → DNB self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DNB Third Supplement

DNB → citationForm → DNB self-link ⓘ