Dictionary of National Biography

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biographical dictionary reference work

The Dictionary of National Biography is a comprehensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history.

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 35
Dictionary of National Biography canonical 22
Dictionary of National Biography, First Series 1

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abbreviation DNB ⓘ
basedOn original archival and literary research ⓘ
completionDate 1900 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverageArea United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs comprehensive reference work on notable figures in British history ⓘ
editor Leslie Stephen ⓘ
Sidney Lee ⓘ
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Sir Sidney Lee ⓘ
field biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1885 ⓘ
followedBy supplementary volumes after 1900 ⓘ
genre biographical reference ⓘ
hasContributor numerous British historians ⓘ
hasEdition concise editions ⓘ
revised editions ⓘ
hasImpactOn biographical scholarship in the United Kingdom ⓘ
reference publishing in Britain ⓘ
hasPart Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dictionary of National Biography, First Series

Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dictionary of National Biography, Second Series

Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement volumes
hasUpdatePolicy originally issued in volumes and later supplemented ⓘ
inception 1882 ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
isReferencedBy Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor scholarly biographical articles ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 63 ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationPeriod 1885–1900 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
selectionCriterion notable persons connected with the British Isles ⓘ
subjectMatter British biography ⓘ
notable figures in British history ⓘ
successor Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
timePeriodCovered from early British history to the 19th century ⓘ
workLocation United Kingdom ⓘ

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Erasmus Darwin → describedIn → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Dictionary of National Biography → hasPart → Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dictionary of National Biography, First Series
Dictionary of National Biography → hasPart → Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Dictionary of National Biography → hasPart → Dictionary of National Biography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Sir Sidney Lee → notableWork → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Sir Sidney Lee → employer → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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David Lloyd George → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Robert Burns → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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William Ewart Gladstone → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Jo Grimond → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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John Burgoyne → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Henry Pelham → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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DCB → usedIn → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Who’s Who and similar biographical references
Hensleigh Wedgwood → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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John Ruskin → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Sidney Lee → employer → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Solomon Lazarus Lee → notableWork → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Solomon Lazarus Lee → employer → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Judge George Jeffreys → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Horace Smith-Dorrien → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Sarah Siddons → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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Horatio Bottomley → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts → describedBySource → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Robert Fabyan → describedIn → Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
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