Biographical Information
    U of A

    "Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst"  Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985 )

    Biographical Information   Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library
      African American History: This site on African-American history contains the text of significant speeches. There's also biographical information about famous African-Americans.
      Archives Library Information Center (ALIC): ALIC is a collection of links to biography sites. It is cataloged by individual names and biography collections (geographical, professions, Civil War, etc.), and includes materials such as journals, diaries, letters, memoirs, narratives, image collections, biographical dictionaries, critical biography and more.
      Biographical Dictionary: Contains brief biographical information about 28,000 people from ancient times to the present.
      Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: From 1774 to the present. Presents a biographical sketch and directs you to further reading and the locations of research materials.
      Biography-Center: 25,000+ biographies of twentieth-century figures around the world.
      Biography.com: This is a searchable database of over 25,000 famous names from the past and the present. Many of the entries provide cross-links to related figures. Entries vary in length from basic facts to fairly detailed analysis. From the A&E Television Network.
      Biography Maker: A website on how to research, organize, and write a biography.
      Dictionary of Canadian Biography: The current range of coverage includes "persons who died between the years 1000 and 1920 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years." The biographies are lengthy, and include bibliographies. Available in both English and French languages.
      Distinguished Women of Past and Present: This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers and others.
      Find A Grave: Information on the burial places of famous people.
      InfoPlease Biographies: 30,000+ biographies. Can be searched by individual name or by various group or category designations.
     
     
     
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