 Biography
Access links to biographical information. COM Biography sites
are restricted to COM Library users. General and specialized biographies
are available to anyone with Internet access.
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General Biography
Biographies on people from a broad range of fields, genders, ethnicities.
Bartleby: Biography
From Bartleby. Content is from the Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. Over 17,000 up-to-date biographical entries are
classified under 140 categories such as fields of science or national
histories and literatures.
Biography.com
From A&E. This site has over 25,000 brief entries
with content from Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, Cambridge
Encyclopedia, Gale Group and A&E. Browse the
alphabetical listing at the bottom of the page or perform a search.
infoplease.com:
Biography
From infoplease.com, the online version of Information Please . Search
over 30,000 biographies or browse by category.
Specialized Biography
Biographies on people in specialized groups, such as women.
4000 Years of Women in Science
From the University of Alabama. The site is organized into:
Introduction, Biographies, Photographs and References used to compile
the information presented. Also available is a quiz, a crossword puzzle
and links to other women in science resources. The twentieth century
is not emphasized, as much of that information is available elsewhere.
AFRO-American
Almanac: Biographies
Part of the larger AFRO-American Almanac, this portion has biographies on African
Americans.
Biographies of Historical Women
From the University of Maryland. Very brief biographies on
selected women in history.
Biographies
of Women Mathematicians
An on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College,
in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the
field of mathematics. There are biographical essays or comments on most of
the women mathematicians and some photos.
Biographical Directory
of the United States Congress 1774-Present
Enter a name to search for a biography, or click on the Position or State pull-down
menus, select the relevant position or state and click search to retrieve a
clickable list of members. To browse alphabetically type in a letter in the
Last Name box and click search.
Britannia:
Biographies
From Britannia magazine. Access biographical information
on British
Monarchs, Great
Scots, The
Prime Ministers, Saints and
more.
The Catholic
Encyclopedia: The List of Popes
From St. Peter to John Paul II. Click on the
Pope of your choice to see a biography. There are also
some linked references to other church figures.
Culture
Finder: Arts by Genre
CultureFinder's "All-Stars" provide basic background information
on important figures in dance, drama, classical
music, and musical
theater. This concise resource covers career highlights and unusual facts
about the artists.
Dead
Sociologists' Index
Based at Radford University. Click on the dead
sociologist of your choice to get biographical information,
summary of ideas and original works.
Distinguished
Women of Past and Present
An award winning site with links to biographies
of women of note through the ages.
echo: Biographical
Sites
Biographies in the sciences.
Gale Group's:
Free Resources
Gale Group's (a publisher of educational material) Free Resources site. Access Black
History Bios, Hispanic
Heritage Biographies, Poet's
Biographies, and Women's
History Biographies.
Grolier
From Grolier's American Academic Encyclopedia. These
are more than just brief accounts, with pictures and suggestions for
further reading. Access the biographies of Presidents & First
Ladies or Vice
Presidents.
IMDb:
Biographies Browser
Part of the larger Internet Movie Database site.
Browse an alphabetical list or search for biographies
of people in the movie industry.
Legal Information
Institute
From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell
Law School. Lists Gallery
of Current Supreme Court Justices and Gallery
of Former Supreme Court Justices alphabetically
by name, with links to biographical information and
major cases.
NARA:
The Founding Fathers
From the National Archives and Records Administration. Biographies on Delegates
to the Constitutional Convention.
National
First Ladies Library
From the National First Ladies Library. See images of, and read brief biographies
about the First Ladies.
National
Inventors Hall of Fame
From The National
Inventors Hall of Fame. An searchable listing
of American inventors by inventor, invention, induction
date (to The National Inventors
Hall of Fame) or decade.
The National
Women's Hall of Fame: Women of the Hall
From the National Women's Hall of Fame. The
mission of the organization is to: "To honor in
perpetuity these women, citizens of the United States
of America whose contributions to the arts, athletics,
business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy
and science, have been the greatest value for the development
of their country."© Click on a letter of the alphabet
or search to access links to bios on such women as Clara
Barton, Margaret Meade, or Bessie Smith.
The
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
This commercial site lists links to Nobel prize
winners in a alphabetical listing, or access the winners
by Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Peace, Economics,
or Physiology and Medicine.
Past
Notable Women of Computing
Biographies, contributions and in some cases links to
articles or other sites on women pioneers in computing.
PBS:
Biographies
The men and women featured in various PBS series. Special
interest: Civil
War Biographies | Free
to Dance Biographies | Jazz Biographies | People
in the West Biographies.
The
Political Graveyard
Get very brief biographies for 32,409 Politicians, Judges,
Diplomats. Browse an Alphabetical index or by Offices held or sought,
Date or year born or died, State and county of birth or death, Leading
political families or Many other categories.
POTUS
From the Internet Public Library. POTUS (Presidents
of the United States) includes links to biographies, and also to historical
information, audio and video files.
T I M E: 100
The most influential people of the 20th century.
WebMuseum:
Artist Index
Each artist page includes a brief biography, significant
contributions and graphic files of the artist's work.
White
House: President's
Hall
From the White House. Biographies of US
presidents, past and present.
Women's
International Center: Biography Index
Get biographies of modern international women
prominent in their fields, such as Margaret Mead, Benazir
Bhutto and Jane Goodall.
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