Gateway to websites

 
 

Biography


key links 

biography

 

Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
New edition of the most authoritative collection of British biographies (over 50,000 entries). Available at home with a library card. [Need help searching?]

Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card.Who's Who
Directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, plus Who Was Who: over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who’s Who dating back to 1898.

Search online reference books on biography from:
Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card.Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus)
Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card.Know UK     [Can't get in?]

Webtastic! Cool websites for homework and funNeed to find out about famous people for homework?
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Biography.com
Brief biographies of over 25,000 people, past and present.


specialist biographies 

 


Forbes 
Several listings, including World's Richest People, Celebrity 100 etc.

Rulers
Lists of heads of state & prime ministers worldwide. Mainly 20th century.

The Nobel Foundation
Biographies & photos of all Nobel Prize winners since 1901.

Find a grave
Famous and not-so-famous people's grave locations.

 

see also

 

 

Guide to Searching for Authors

History - another Gateway category with biography links