Biography
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Dictionary of Biography | English | Entries on notable Australians who have died | Free |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | English, French | Entries on notable Canadians | Free |
| Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | English | Focuses on topics dealing with Greek and Roman mythology and people | Free |
| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | English | Comprehensive 66-volume reference work on notable dead figures from British history in every profession from politics to art | Subscription |
| Dictionary of National Biography | English | The original 19th century version of the above. Available free in a variety of places, either as transcriptions or images of the printed volumes | Free (see left) |
| Dictionary of New Zealand Biography | English, Māori | Entries on notable New Zealanders who have died | Free |
| glbtq.com | English | Entries on notable homosexuals | Free |
| MacTutor History of Mathematics archive | English | Biographies of mathematicians | Free |
| MyWikiBiz | English | A wiki encyclopedia that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves | Free |
| Who's Who | English | General biographies, mainly of British people | Subscription |
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Famous quotes containing the word biography:
“The best part of a writer’s biography is not the record of his adventures but the story of his style.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“A biography is like a handshake down the years, that can become an arm-wrestle.”
—Richard Holmes (b. 1945)
“In how few words, for instance, the Greeks would have told the story of Abelard and Heloise, making but a sentence of our classical dictionary.... We moderns, on the other hand, collect only the raw materials of biography and history, “memoirs to serve for a history,” which is but materials to serve for a mythology.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)