The Harpercollins Dictionary of Biography
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ISBN: 0062700987 / Publisher: HarperCollins, January 1994
Identifies more than eight thousand philosophers, soldiers, musicians, artists, scientists, rulers, inventors, politicians, entertainers, athletes, and religious leaders
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Completely up-to-date, with over 8,000 entries and 280 illustrations, The HarperCollins Dictionary of Biography offers comprehensive coverage of a wide range of figures, from Cleopatra to Bill Clinton, Abbott and Costello to Zurbaran.Here are philosophers, soldiers, musicians, popes, artists, scientists, kings, inventors, and politicians, as well as entertainers, athletes, and pop culture leaders. Quotations from these figures enliven the text, bringing it an immediacy usually absent from standard biographical dictionaries.Each entry is written in clear, jargon-free language by specialists drawn from over 50 fields of interest. More than 40 pages of category indexes, a feature unique to this dictionary, facilitate reference in specific fields.Concise, contemporary, and comprehensive, The HarperCollins Dictionary of Biography brings together in one volume a wealth of hard-to-find information.
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