Research Guides: English, Literature & Writing (UNH Durham): Biographies

Biographies

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Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window
Provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres, including authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.

American National Biography
"portraits of more than 17,400 men & women... whose lives have shaped the nation."
Subjects who died before1995.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The "people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond." For people who died before 2012.