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These sources are only some of the sites related to biography on the Internet. Use the Internet Search Tools section of the Internet Bibliographies to find additional information about specific individuals.
Biography
This site provides searchable information taken from The Cambridge
Biographical Encyclopedia. It also includes information presented in
the A&E television series Biography. Links to related Web sites for
individuals cited in the biography are provided.
http://www.biography.com
Current Biography
Exerpts
Contains brief exerpts from the Current Biography database.
http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/cbonline.html
Lives
A collection of links to biographies of posthumous individuals. Special
collections include African Americans; women; the Holocaust; the Civil
War; Australians and New Zealanders; and Latin Americans, Hispanics, and
Latinos.
http://amillionlives.com/
Forbes
World's Richest People
Brief biographical information and links to the company if applicable.
http://www.forbes.com/richlist2003/rich400land.html
National
Inventors Hall of Fame
Lists information about the inventions and inventors.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
Nobel Prizes
Biographical information about Nobel Laureates.
http://www.nobel.se/prize/
Political Graveyard
The database contains information taken from the Biographical Directory
of the American Congress (retitled Biographical Directory of the
United States Congress), about individuals who have served in the U.S.
House or Senate, as Vice President, or in the Continental Congress. The
Political Graveyard database can be searched by date of death, circumstances
of death, sex, race, age, religion, elected office, awards received, and
other distinctive features.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html
POTUS (Presidents of the
United States)
Biographical information about the Presidents and First Ladies compiled
by the Internet Public Library. Other facts provided are Presidential election
results, cabinet members, religion, occupation, political party, Internet
biographies, selected full text historical documents, audio and video files
related to the President, and related Internet sites (such as the Presidential
Library). Links are provided to Vice Presidential biographies from Grolier
Online.
http://www.ipl.org/div/POTUS/
Presidents
of the United States of America
Includes information from the books The Living White House,
The
White House: An Historical Guide, The Presidents of the United States,
and The First Ladies, which are published by the White House Historical
Association. Brief biographical information, photographs, and links to
related Web sites are provided.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Digital
Schomburg African American Writers of the 19th Century: Biographies and
Autobiographies
This project by New York Public Library contains the full text of biographical
and autobiographical materials related to African American women writers
of the 19th century. Approximately 52 sources are included.
http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/digs-b/@Generic__CollectionView;hf=0
Distinguished Women of
Past and Present
This site has biographies of women from many time periods and ethnic
groups. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians,
civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
First Ladies
of the United States of America
The White House Historical Association has published The First Ladies
which provides extensive biographical information. It also includes references
to supplementary manuscript and print sources.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
National Women's Hall of Fame
Begun in 1969, the National Women's Hall of Fame provides brief information
about its inductees. There is also a search engine to locate individual
biographies.
http://www.greatwomen.org/
The Spartacus
Internet Encyclopedia British History 1700-1920
The
Emancipation of Women 1750-1920 Biographies
This encyclopedia lists women involved in the emancipation of women
in Britain between 1700 and 1920.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/resource.htm