Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Explore the lives of over 57,000 people worldwide who have shaped the British past over the last 2,400 years – from the 4th-century BC Greek explorer Pytheas to Princess Diana, and from the founding fathers of America to the Nawabs of Bengal.

The award-winning online edition of the Oxford DNB contains the full text of the 60-volume print edition PLUS the full text of the original Victorian- Edwardian 33-volume DNB.

Articles and search results can be printed and emailed and there are links to external websites such as the National Register of Archives and the National Portrait Gallery.

New biographies are added three times a year in online updates, with coverage now extending into the 21st century.

Updates also include an expanding range of thematic reference materials, creating an online companion guide to British history in the widest sense whihc are ideal for students projects and homework essays!

Themes include feature articles, for example from Roman Britain to South Africa; lists of office holders, from English cricket captains to colonial and post-independence leaders of Australia; and essays on historical groups, from the Band of Merrie Men to the members of the Ealing Studios.

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