- Biography.com
- From A&E, the Arts and Entertainment network. Brief
biographies representing over 20,000 lives from antiquity to the
present. [Click
Here]
Lives, the Biography Resource
- A gateway site. Annotated listings lead to collections of
biographical resources links, biographical dictionaries, and
"primary biographical source materials such as images, diaries,
memoirs, oral histories...." Special collections include women
and African Americans. [Click
Here]
Biographical Dictionary
- Search the dictionary "by names, birth years, death years,
positions held, professions, literary and artistic works,
miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords." [Click
Here]
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to
Present
- Along with biographical information are bibliographies and sources
of research collections that lead, respectively, to additional
biographical material and to collections housing documents such as
personal papers. Search by last name, first name, position, state,
or by combinations of any of these. [Click
Here]
Presidents of the United
States (POTUS)
- Provides "background information, election results, cabinet
members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the
presidents." Useful inclusion of links to "biographies,
historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential
sites." [Click
Here]
Rulers
- "Lists of heads of state and heads of government...of all
countries and territories, usually going back to at least
1900." Dates of birth and death provided for each ruler as well
as term of office. Search by country, international organization,
and by foreign ministers. [Click
Here]
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