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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical dictionary → reference work →
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 → Sir Leslie Stephen → 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, First Series → Dictionary of National Biography, Second Series → Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement volumes →
hasUpdatePolicy	originally issued in volumes and later supplemented →
inception	1882 →
intendedAudience	general readers → scholars →
isReferencedBy	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography →
language	English →
mediaType	print →
notableFor	scholarly biographical articles →
numberOfVolumes	63 →
placeOfPublication	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	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography →
timePeriodCovered	from early British history to the 19th century →
workLocation	United Kingdom →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Lloyd George ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Henry Pelham ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Hensleigh Wedgwood → Hensleigh Wedgwood ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → James Anthony Froude → Jo Grimond ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → John Burgoyne → John Ruskin ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Robert Burns ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Rupert Brooke ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Samuel Wilberforce ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Thomas Clarkson ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → William Ewart Gladstone ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") →	describedBySource
Dictionary of National Biography ("Dictionary of National Biography, First Series") → Dictionary of National Biography ("Dictionary of National Biography, Second Series") → Dictionary of National Biography ("Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement volumes") →	hasPart
Leslie Stephen → Sidney Lee → Sir Sidney Lee →	notableWork
Sidney Lee → Sir Sidney Lee →	employer
DNB ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → Oxford Dictionary of National Biography →	predecessor
DNB ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") → DNB ("National Biography (various national series)") →	relatedWork
Erasmus Darwin →	describedIn
DNB →	fullName
DNB ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") →	influenced
Dictionary of National Biography ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") →	isReferencedBy
Smith, Elder & Co. →	publishedWork
Dictionary of National Biography ("Oxford Dictionary of National Biography") →	successor
DCB ("Who’s Who and similar biographical references") →	usedIn