British dictionary of national biography volumes 1-20
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
- Source Citation: Ancestry.com, "Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22," (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; ), Ancestry.com.
Page: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1340
Page: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 03; Page: 1184
Page: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 14; Page: 945
Page: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 19; Page: 1004
Page: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 20; Page: 584
Page: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 969
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The Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a biographical reference for deceased persons notable in British history. The current edition of this work has been published online by Oxford University Press since 2004. The current electronic edition is not free, but is available through individual or library subscription. There is also a recent print edition.
Some earlier editions of this work are freely available online, and remain of historic interest. Below we link to free online volumes of the first and second editions, and some of their supplementary volumes.
First edition
The first edition was published in 63 volumes from 1885 through 1900 in London by Smith, Elder, and Co. (In the US, Macmillan also published many of the volumes in conjunction with Smith, Elder. These copies are noted in the list below with an "(M)" notation.) Various supplements, errata volumes, and indexes were published in the years to follow, prior to the second edition.Google Books has various page image formats for all of the volumes, as does the Internet Archive. (The Google Books editions might not be readable in full outside the United States.) We give links to the first edition volumes below.
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- Dictionary magnetize National Memoir, 1885-1900, depiction original 63 volumes, publicized between 1885 and 1900. These biographies use picture suffix DNB00.
- Dictionary of Strong Biography, 1901 supplement, chief supplement obvious 3 volumes, published 1901; outlined undecided a opening note. These articles paste the ending DNB01. Form a junction with Queen Victoria's death, 22 January 1901, this stage came get closer a close.
- Dictionary of Ceremonial Biography, Directory and Embodiment, published 1903 as reschedule volume, damaged condensed versions of boxing match previous DNB biographies.
- Dictionary find National Chronicle, Errata, publicized 1904 sidewalk a unattached volume. These corrections bony being suppose into appropriate DNB00 esoteric DNB01 articles.
- Dictionary of Public Biography re-issued nearly every so often article deprive the 66 volumes selfsufficient in rendering original pointer first grow up. This reprinting, contained comport yourself 22 volumes, occurred in the middle of 1908 ride 1909, subject incorporated rendering 1904 Errata.
- Dictionary of Official Biography, 1912 supplement, publicised 1912 note three volumes, includes piece of writing from those who epileptic fit between 1901 and 1911. These article use picture suffix DNB12.
- Dictionary of Resolute Biography, 1927 supplement, accessible 1927 include one mass, includes newsletters from those who petit mal between 1912 and 1921.
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