Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary
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ISBN: 0877797439 / Publisher: Merriam Webster, May 1995
Offers brief profiles of more than thirty thousand notable individuals, from Aaron, Charles Babbage, and Cicero to Xerxes, William Butler Yeats, and Zeno
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A revision of Webster's New Biographical Dictionary , 1988, which is cited in the Supplement to Sheehy and in ARBA 1990 . The present edition (which includes 287 new entries) provides pronunciation of names and essential information (birth and death dates, major accomplishments, influence on history) for some 30,000 eminent or noteworthy men and women of the past from all parts of the world and all periods of history. We've been frustrated in the past by numerous unsuccessful searches an inherent limitation of the single-volume format but as a ready reference it's nonetheless essential. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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