Biographical ResourcesAnnette Weiss, Selector LibrarianPage Contents |
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General Collections of Biographical ResourcesBiography Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people throughout history, from around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. |
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From A&E. "Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives past and present." Some photos are included. Includes more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The Dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords. Very brief entries with no photos. |
Famous People chronicles the lives of notable people throughout the world. The database includes celebrities and high achievers in all fields of human endeavor. Link to famous birthdays, famous quotes, mathematicians and more. Biographies Sorted by Area of Expertise Under the general heading of "People" there are seven major categories, each with dozens of sub-categories. |
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Arts & Music BiographiesSearchable by artists, albums, songs, styles, and even labels. The Big Bands Database: An ongoing project dedicated to Bands; to Jazz and to Swing History, and to the music now known to the world as "American Popular Song". Biography and information web sites for a select group of folk music performers. Links to hundreds of biography sites for jazz singers and musicians. Picture gallery with some brief biographical info on over 1,000 composers, with national and alphabetical indexes. The Internet's original (1988) composers and lyricists database. Search by composer/lyricist last name with the Index Bar. Africans, African Americans & African Europeans who composed classical music.
The Internet Movie Database originally began by collecting credits from movies. Who made them? Who was in them? As it's grown, more and more information about the people who help make movie and TV magic has been catalogued. Numerous ways to find such information are offered on this page. You can also take the option near the page bottom to choose the day and month and find out who was born, died, and married, as well as which movies were released that day. Both individuals and groups listed alphabetically with links to assorted web sites.
Find biographies of past and present recipients. A collection of the sights, sounds, and experiences of artists, songwriters and producers from the era of Chubby Checker through Hip-Hop. People active in the silent era and people who keep the silent era alive. 
Political BiographiesThis Grolier-sponsored site features biographies of first ladies and presidents at different reading levels. This site also includes inaugural addresses. All individuals who have served in the U.S. and Continental Congress, and those who have served as delegates to Congress from U.S. Territories. Many images, and the site includes the ability to create drop-down lists, e.g., of all U.S. Presidents who have served in the Congress. Find links to web sites for a selected collection of 'Peacemakers. A project of the Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, the main body of this hypertext project, which was started in 1994, comes from a number of USIA-publications: An Outline of American History, An Outline of the American Economy, An Outline of American Government, and An Outline of American Literature. The text of these Outlines has not been changed, but they have been enriched with hypertext-links to relevant documents, original essays, other Internet sites, and to other Outlines.
In this Internet Public Library resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included. Select the president you want information about or the name or subject indexes. The subject index ranges from Ash Lawn (the home of James Monroe) to youngest president elected. Mounted on the White House Web site, this includes short bios of presidents and first ladies. Inaugural addresses and photos are included. Presidents are listed by name or date of office. A short biography with photograph of all women who have served or are currently serving in the House. Search alphabetically, chronologically or by state.
Religious Biographies
Claims to be the largest collection of facts on saints and angels on the Internet. Organized both alphabetically and chronologically, this site lists biographies of Christians. A Virtual Library of Useful URLs arranged under Dewey Decimal Classification 200 Religion.
Science & Mathematics BiographiesPhotos and links of women mathematicians. Sources cited. Two thousand biographies of famous scientists, which can be found alphabetically or by topic. A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation. Index to Distinguished Women in women in many scientific fields including agriculture, horticulture, anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology and more. From University of St Andrews Scotland, contains biographies of more than 1,100 mathematicians, many of which are detailed and illustrated, Searchable with alphabetical and chronological indexes. This MIT site allows searching by inventor's name or invention. Biographies, including photos, of more than 150 Astronauts in the U.S. Space program since 1995. The More About Astronauts link is also worth following, since it leads to information on some of the Russian cosmonauts involved in U.S./ Russian programs, a memorial page on the Challenger crew, and much more.
Miscellaneous BiographiesThe Dead People Server is a database of interesting celebrities who are long dead or newly dead. DPS tells you who has really Rung Down the Curtain and Joined the Choir Invisible, and who's Just Resting. Lists who they where, how and when they died and links to obituary. Profiles of the top 100 athletes of the century as selected by ESPN. Sponsored by The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Biographies relating to Judaism, Israel and the Middle East.
A list of twenty people from each of the following categories: Leaders and revolutionaries, Artists and entertainers, Builders and titans, Scientists and thinkers, Heroes and icons.
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