Biography - Dictionaries
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Nouveau dictionnaire historique-portatif, ou Histoire abrégée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait un Nom par des Talens, des Vertus, des Forfaits, des Erreurs, &c. &c., depuis le commencement du Monde jusqu'à nos jours : ouvrage dans lequel on expose sans flatterie et sans amertume, ce que les Ecrivains les plus impartiaux ont pensé sur le Génie, le Caractere & les Moeurs des hommes célebres dans tous les Genres; avec des tables chronologiques pour reduire en corps d'histoire les articles repandus dans le dictionnaire. / Par une Société de Gens de Lettres.
Louis-Mayeul ChaudonDate: M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]- E-books
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General biography or lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order. Chiefly composed by John Aikin, M.D. and the late Rev. William Enfield, LL.D. Volume the First.
Aikin, John 1747-1822.Date: 1799- E-books
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A new and general biographical dictionary containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; Particularly The British And Irish; From the earliest Accounts of time to the present period. Wherein Their remarkable Actions and Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning, Are Accurately Displayed. With a Catalogue of their Literary Productions.
Date: 1784- E-books
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An historical and critical dictionary By Monsieur Bayle. Translated into English, with many additions and corrections, made by the author himself, that are not in the French editions. ... . A-B.
Bayle, Pierre 1647-1706.Date: 1710- Books
Biographical dictionaries and related works : an international bibliography of more than 16,000 collective biographies ... / Robert B. Slocum, editor.
Robert B. SlocumDate: [1986]