Dictionaries of Biography (Who's Who)

The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women is a fully revised and extended edition of a highly regarded reference work that illuminates the ...

Combining the International Who's Who in Classical Music and the International Who's Who in Popular Music, this two-volume set provides a complete ...

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at th...

This book is a biographical A to Z guide to several hundred unheralded stunt performers who created some of the cinema's greatest action scenes wit...

In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series brings researchers the most re...

Pearl White, William Duncan, William Desmond, Ben Wilson, Walter Miller, Francis Ford, Charles Hutchinson, Jack Dougherty, and Eddie Polo are ju...

The past quarter-century has seen a number of biographies and anthologies on women travelers but to date there has been little comprehensive ref...

Earl Weaver put his best defensive players on the field early in the game rather than make late-inning defensive replacements, and he didn't lik...

The thirteen essays in this volume come from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, South Africa, and Hawaii. With a shared focus on t...

In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, includi...

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. It includes approx. 1850 biogr...