Biography

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Premium resource

An illustrated collection of 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000. This is the online version of the printed volumes. Access in your library or from home using your library card.

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Biography.com

Biographies of over 25,000 personalities, from historical figures to present-day celebrities.

Biography Center

Links to nearly 28,000 biographies, 11,000 of which are in English.

Find a Grave

Photos, burial locations and short biographies of the famous and not-so-famous around the world. Searchable by name, location, claim to fame and date.

Nobelprize.org

The Nobel site includes biographies of all Nobel Prize winners since 1901, as well as tape recordings and video clips of selected laureates.

Scientific Biography

Over 1000 biographies of scientists from the ancient to modern eras. Entries are well researched, and can be accessed alphabetically, or by nationality, historical period and scientific branch.

Time 100

Time Magazine's "100 most important people of the twentieth century".