Author : Christine Stephanie Nicholls
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780312175689
Contains over ten thousand alphabetically arranged biographies of people from around the world and throughout history who have made significant contributions in a wide variety of fields, and includes photographs, quotations, suggested reading lists, and a chronological index.
Author : Margaretta Jolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1141 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1136787445
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1998-04-16
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780521630993
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia is the authoritative single-volume reference work on people, both living and dead. In addition to its thousand or more pages of A-Z entries, the book offers an invaluable Ready Reference section with lists of political leaders and rulers, Nobel Prizewinners, patron saints, sports champions and many more. Acclaimed on its first publication in 1994 as a new kind of biographical reference book, the Encyclopedia is now established as a reliable source of information on over 26,000 people, fully cross-referenced. The book's international coverage and devotion to important figures - both historical and contemporary - in science and the arts as well as sports and popular personalities make it unique. This Second Edition has been comprehensively updated and supplemented with new entries.
Author : Dan L. Thrapp
Publisher :
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN :
Stretching from "Aaron, Sam, Arizona pioneer" to "Zutacapan, Acomo pueblo chief," the three-volume Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, and Supplemental-volume 4, profiles approximately 4,500 frontier pioneers and Native Americans. Dan L. Thrapp's comprehensive work will interest scholars, researchers, and general readers curious about the figures who developed, defended, decorated, and devilized the American West. All the famous ones are here: Volume I (A-F) includes Billy the Kid, Daniel Boone, Calamity Jane, George Custer, Buffalo Bill, Cochise, and John C. Fremont, among others. There are also entries for worthies less well known: Big Nose Kate, Nellie Cashman, Scott Cooley, to cite a few. Even Gary Cooper and other actors who portrayed westerners are sketched in. Thrapp's richly detailed biographies are continued in Volumes II (G-O) and III (P-Z). Thrapp has included seventeenth- and eighteenth-century figures in both New France and New England, as well as the trans-Appalachian country, but the majority are nineteenth-century men and women who discovered, settled, fought for, or simply lived in the raw lands west of the Mississippi River.
Author : Laura B. Tyle
Publisher :
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography
ISBN : 9780787664756
This volume consists of T-Z entries of notable historic and contemporary figures and includes a cumulative index to the UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Author : David Pietrusza
Publisher : Total/Sports Illustrated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9781892129345
Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia is the perfect companion to the ultimate classic baseball reference work, Total Baseball. Whereas Total Baseball, now in its sixth edition, lists the statics of every player in major league history, Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia reveals the stories of 2,000 of the national pastime's greatest movers and shakers.
Author :
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780750302876
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Second Edition, 2 Volume Set examines the lives and careers of noteworthy scientists and thinkers through the ages, illuminating the progress of science and its impact on society in general. From Aristotle and the beginnings of objective observations, to twentieth century giants, Freud and Hawking, this extensive in-depth reference explores the men and women who have shaped our ideas and the world in which we live today. Extensively revised and updated, this second edition comprises two substantial illustrated volumes that contain over 2,000 biographical entries and over half a million words. It looks and reads like a "Who's Who" of the world of scientific thought, providing an in-depth listing of prominent historical as well as modern figures of science and medicine. The main biographical entries are arranged alphabetically and summarize the individual's life and contribution to science. The volumes also include a chronology of the history of science from 590 BC to the present, a subject index, and a bibliography of key publications in the history of scientific thought. For anyone researching the world of scientific personalities and ideas, this unique reference work will be indispensable.
Author : Andrew Jenson
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2018-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780342525737
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Wayne A. Wiegand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1135787506
First Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation or philosophical perspective but instead reflect the richly diverse opinions of its many contributors. This text is intended to serve as a reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students interested in library history, for library school educators whose teaching requires knowledge of the historical development of library institutions, services, and user groups, and for practicing library professionals.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
