The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

“The life of a nation is told by the lives of its people.”

An amazing resource

More than 57,000 biographies on people who helped shape British history

Covers 2500 years of history – from the 4th century BCE to 2006

10,000 contributors, experts in their fields

Entries are peer reviewed

Who is included?

People from all walks of life who helped shape British history

The good

The bad

The unusual

Must have died in or before 2006

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) is available in two formats—

A sixty-volume set of books

An online website www.oxforddnb.com

Online access

Access by subscription

In Britain, most public libraries have a subscription

Cardholders can access ODNB remotely

All biographies included in print edition

10,000 portrait illustrations

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Links to other reliable sources

Updated three times each year

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