Biographical dictionary 1753308 189241663 2008-02-05T12:02:15Z 140.203.154.11 /* International */ '''Biographical dictionaries''' — a type of [[encyclopedic dictionary]] limited to [[biographical]] information — have been written in many languages. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in ''[[Who's Who]]'', or deceased people only, in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]''). Others are specialised, in that they cover important names in a subject field, such as architecture or engineering. ==List of biographical dictionaries== === International === * [[A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers]] * [[Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890]] * [[Dictionary of International Biography]] * [[Who's Who in the World]] === Australia === * [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] * [[Dictionary of Australian Biography]] * [[Dictionary of Western Australians]] * [[Dictionary of Australian Artists Online]] === Canada === * [[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]] * [[The Canadian Who's Who]], published by [[University of Toronto Press]] === France === * [[Dictionnaire de biographie des hommes célèbres de l'Alsace]] (1909-1910) * [[Dictionnaire de biographie française]] (1932) * [[Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne]] (1982) === [[German-speaking Europe]] === * [[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]] (1875) * [[Neue Deutsche Biographie]] (1953) * [[Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon]] (1990) * [[Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie]] (1995) === Great Britain === * '''A Biographical Dictionary of British coleopterists''' - online at [http://www.coleopterist.org.uk ''The Coleopterist''] * [[A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers]] * [[British Biographical Index]] * [[Dictionary of National Biography]] * [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] * [[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]], published by [[A & C Black]] === Poland === * [[Polski słownik biograficzny]] === United States === * [[African American National Biography Project]] * [[American National Biography]] * [[Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography]] * [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] * [[Encyclopedia of American Biography]] * [[Who's Who in America]], published by [[Marquis Who's Who]] [[Category:Biographical dictionaries| ]] [[Category:Encyclopedias]] [[de:Liste der biografischen Lexika]]