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    The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated Oxford...
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  • The Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB; French: Dictionnaire biographique du Canada) is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have...
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  • The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985 is a dictionary of biographies of people from the United Kingdom. It was published...
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    The Dictionary of American Biography (DAB) was a multi-volume dictionary published in New York City by Charles Scribner's Sons under the auspices of the...
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  • Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU)...
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  • persons only, in Who's Who, or deceased people only, in the Dictionary of National Biography). Others are specialized, in that they cover important names...
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    Albert Pollard (category Academics of University College London)
    assistant editor of and a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography in 1893. His main academic post was that of Professor of Constitutional History...
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  • The Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB) (also The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 and The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970) is a...
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  • were contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography, in its first edition. Individual contributions vary from one biography, for example William Perkins...
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  • The Dictionary of Australasian Biography, sub-titled "Comprising Notices of Eminent Colonists From the Inauguration of Responsible Government Down to the...
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    "Thomas of Lancaster, second earl of Lancaster, second earl of Leicester, and earl of Lincoln (c. 1278–1322)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed...
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    (1740–1795), lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10...
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    refusal of Walter Scott. On the refusal of Samuel Rogers. "Poets laureate (1668–2011)". Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved...
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    prince". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. "Rhodri Molwynog (died 754), king of Gwynedd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library...
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    Oxford English Dictionary, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford World's Classics, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and the Concise...
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  • The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography was a biographical dictionary of the nineteenth century, published by William Mackenzie in Glasgow. The...
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    English Dictionary: Oxford's A to Z – The origin". The Guardian. London. The Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Dictionary of National Biography are indeed...
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    Rory" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. pp. 444–447. O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'Donnell (Ó Domhnall), Ruaidhrí". Dictionary of Irish...
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    Pilkington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015. "James White". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December...
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  • the index does. Originally a British national authority file based on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB), it had been expanded to...
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    (2004–2013), "Matilda [Matilda of England] (1102–1167), Empress, Consort of Heinrich V", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,...
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    Owen Tudor (category People of the Wars of the Roses)
    FYCHAN ( EDNYFED ap CYNWRIG ) and his descendants". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Carr 2004, p. 1 Le Morte D'Arthur. p. Glossary...
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    claimant to the English throne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University...
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    id=BLDoMHk4AZ8C. Barlow, Frank (23 September 2004). "Osbert of Clare". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5442...
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    marquess of Milford Haven". In Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed...
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    charge. According to Howard Nenner, writing for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Charles would probably have been content with a smaller number...
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    Rosemary (2006). "Edward IV (1442–1483), king of England and lord of Ireland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press....
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  • preacher and autobiographer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press...
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    Henry Percy (Hotspur) (category Knights of the Garter)
    "Mortimer, Edmund (III), third earl of March and earl of Ulster (1352–1381)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press...
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     844–8; archive.org. Wright, Stephen. "Wilson, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29689...
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