Dictionary of National Biography

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


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

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