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Biographical Links
Alphabetical List by Subject
About Famous People famous men and women in history. You'll find Presidents, First Ladies, Civil War Generals, Actors, Great and Fascinating Women, Musicians, and Much Much More
African American Biographical Database
American West--biographies (PBS)
American Writers, C-Span examines the lives and work of selected Twentieth Century American Writers
Anthropology Biography Web lives of notable scientists who have made an impact on Anthropology
Authors of the Great Books
Berliner, Emile, and the Birth of the Recording Industry "an immigrant and a largely self-educated man, was responsible for the development of the microphone and the flat recording disc and gramophone player... Spanning the years 1870 to 1956, the collection comprises correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, catalogs, clippings, experiment notes, and rare sound recordings"
Beethoven, Ludwig Van excellent site with biography, quotes on him from other musicians, pictures of him, much more
Biographical Dictionary
Biographies (IncWell)
--megasite made up of links to important biographical sites on the Web.
Biography.com --A&E television series
Biography Find (Biography Magazine)
Biology Jokes
Birthdays of Famous People
Britannia, Monarch Biographies
British Royalty, genealogies
Canadians
Carter - Jimmy Carter, American Experience lots of information on the Camp David Accords and the Iranian hostage crisis
Chamber Reference contains a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a biographical dictionary
Chaucer English course taught by Gerard NeCastro
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Civil War Soldiers--"Colored Troops"
Composers, Unknown
da Vinci, Leonardo homepage about him
Dead People Server interesting celebrities; if they are dead and how they died
Degas, Edgar about the Impressionist
Dewey, Melvil father of modern librarianship
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Early Modern Women Database early modern Europe and the Americas; covers 1500-1800
Einstein Archives Online 3,000 high-quality digitized images of Einstein's writings
Einstein: Person of the Century from TIME magazine
Ellington, Duke famous Jazz musician
Fats Waller famous American pianist and composer; essays on his life and times, his music, his records, more
Franklin, Ben, Electric lots of information about Franklin, a full text copy of his autobiography, a timeline, his biography, much more
Franklin, Ben, at 300
Franklin and His Friends Ben Franklin as scientist
Freud: Conflict and Culture vintage photographs, original manuscripts, information on his life, theory, and therapy
GANDHI, MAHATMA page of links
Goldman, Emma PBS special
Great Writers and Poets
Hall of Black Achievement Bridgewater State College; portraits, biographies, audio clips
India--Biographies of Great Indians
James, William major collection of materials and criticism
Jefferson Digital Archive, Thomas in-depth biography and materials written by him and to him; also includes large annotated bibliographies; University of Virginia Library
JFK Link "archive of material relevant to the life, administration, death and legacy of the 35th President of the United States"
Kennedy - JFK Link "archive of material relevant to the life, administration, death and legacy of the 35th President of the United States"
King, Jr., A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther written by Prof. Melvin Sylvester of Long Island University
Lincoln North: a virtual exhibit all about the man and his times; includes posters, letters and other memorabilia
Literary Criticism Collection (IPL) biographies of lots of authors
Lives, the Biography Resource
Manet, Edouard about the Impressionist
Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture "more than 500,000 items, the Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives" from the Library of Congress; includes drawings, photographs, sound recordings and film
Mathematicians --from the UK
Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Mathematicians--Women Mathematicians
The Modern Word 20th- and 21st-Century authors, especially Samuel Beckett, Jorge Borges, Umberto Eco, Gabriel Marquez, James Joyce, and Thomas Pynchon
Monet, Claude about the Impressionist
Morisot, Berthe about the Impressionist
Music Library Association Obituary Index a primary biographical source for musicians
Mythical humans and deities
New Zealand, Dictionary of Biography "biographies of over 3,000 New Zealanders"
Newsmaker Bios
Newsmaker Profiles
Nobel Prize Winners
Obituaries --deaths since 1996
Obituary Page, UK --deaths since 1994
Political Figures--World Rulers
Political Graveyards, U.S. --listed alphabetically, by state, by cause of death
Popes, List of a chronological list of every pope with link to their biography
Presidents of the United States basic information
PRESLEY, ELVIS page of links
Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Reynolds, Mary Louise surrealism artist
Robeson, Paul Robeson: Princeton's Native Son includes links on the web and African American genealogy on the web
Science Fiction Writers
Scientific Community 16th and 17th Centuries, Catalog of
Scientists--Profiles in Science
Scientists--Virtual Library
Spenser, Edmund
Time's 100 Most Important People of the Twentieth Century
U. S. Congress, 1774-Present, Biographical Directory of the
U.S. House, members and committees
U.S. Senate, members and committees
Unitarians, Notable American medium length biographies of a large number of persons, arranged in alphabetical order
Vietnam War POW/MIA Database
Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Wallace, Alfred Russell 19th Century Scientist, father of biogeography
Wallace, Alfred Russel Page life and work of English naturalist, evolutionist, and social critic
Who's Who in American History --Civil War to present
Women in Congress, Biographies of
Women in Science, 4000 Years of
Women in U.S. Congress Historical Directory biographies
Women Mathematicians
Women's History Links
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