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General
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Biography:
Provided by the Arts and Entertainment
series "Biography," this site provides short biographies of 20,000 notable
people.
A.K.A.:
Author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames,
working names, legalized names, pen names, etc.
Biographical
Dictionary:
Search for the biographical data of prominent people by name, date,
or keyword.
Biography
Center:
More than 5,000 biographies in English.
Colonial
Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers:
Taken from the 1829 book, "Lives of the Signers to
the Declaration of Independence."
Distinguished
Women of the Past and Present:
Biographies of past and present women are comprehensive and searchable by name or related field.
Mad
Monarchs - Biographies of Mentally Unstable Royalty:
Short bios of the
personal lives of history's mad monarchs and leaders.
The National
Women's Hall of Fame:
Biographies of famous American women plus a look
at the origins of the women's movement.
People
of the West:
Sketches of
important men and women of The West.
Prominent
African Americans:
Contains links to biographical information
on famous African Americans.
World
War I Biographies:
A
work in progress that will eventually have pictures and short WWI
bios.
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Government
About
the Supreme Court:
Link to biographies of the current Supreme Court
justices. * Need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 to Present:
Search for members of Congress by name, position,
or state.
Biographical
Information of U.S. Chiefs of Mission:
Info about those currently accredited to foreign governments and
serving as
heads of U.S. missions.
The
Political Graveyard:
A database of historic cemeteries including
politicians, judges, plus diplomats arranged by name, office, dates,
and more.
Presidents
of the United States and Related Biographies:
Find background info, election results,
cabinet members, audio and video files, and
more.
Rulers:
Contains lists of heads of state and heads of
government of all countries and territories going back to 1700.
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Science
4000
Years of Women in Science:
Celebrates the contribution of women to
science over the last 4,000 years. Get biographies, photos,
and references.
Eric
Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography:
Biographies for a large number of scientists and
inventors.
Mathematicians'
Biographies:
Searchable
bios from the
School of Mathematical and
Computational Sciences at the University of
St Andrews, Scotland.
NASA
Astronaut Biographies:
Includes current NASA astronauts and
Russian cosmonauts. Prepared by the Johnson Space Center Astronaut
Office.
National
Inventors Hall of Fame:
Information
on famous inventors from the U.S. Patent Office.
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