The Biography of Ying ying Ying ying zhuan , by Yuan Zhen , is Tang dynasty story that tells the history of a sexual relationship between a 16 year old girl and a 21 year old man. The girl hurts herself and also hurts the man. The man hurts himself and also hurts the girl. Some Chinese critics blame the young man for taking the girl s virginity when it is offered to him but not marrying her. The story has been translated into English by James Hightower Y an Chen and The Story of YIng ying HJAS 33 1973 90 123 , Arthur Waley available in the Anthology of Chinese Literature by Cyril Birch, vol. I. ISBN 0 8021 5038 1 , and http www.china learn.info Ying ying 20Zhuan.html here . The translations of Waley and Hightower agree, for the most part, on the events described. Their choices of words may bias readers in favor of one character or the other. The young man, known only as the student Zhang pronounced jong as in Erica Jong , was living in a rented dwelling in a Buddhist compound in the countryside some distance from a small city when a recently widowed woman, her daughter and son, and an entourage befitting their wealth moved into another rented dwelling in that compound. The father of the family had died while stationed in some remote part of China, so the widow Cui pronounced tswei was returning the family to Chang an. They paused in their journey to recuperate from their long trek. Troops in the nearby city mutinied, so the student Zhang used his friendly connections with influential men in that city to get a guard posted over the compound. The widow Cui and her group were made much more secure as a result of the student Zhang s pulling of strings. She gave a banquet to express her gratitude for Zhang s actions. The widow Cui bade her daughter to attend the banquet and to say thank you to the student Zhang. However, the daughter only appeared because she was under duress, and behaved in a most petulant and churlish manner. Nevertheless, she appeared gloriously beautiful ... more details
The Dictionary of Welsh Biography DWB also The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 and The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970 is a dictionary of biographies of Wales Welsh men and women ... of Welsh Biography , writing over 600 entries. ref http yba.llgc.org.uk en s2 JENK THO 1881.html Jenkins on Welsh Biography Online ref His joint editor was John Edward Lloyd , but the Dictionary ... of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 , ref The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 Published ... & R. T. Jenkins ref and its supplementary volume as The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970 ... by the University of Wales Press . The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 contains ... was still living in 1940 its supplementary volume, The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970 ... People from Dyfed in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography ref Those biography biographies already published in the Dictionary of National Biography were not included in DWB. Welsh Biography Online Image welsh biography online.jpg thumb right The logo of Welsh Biography Online The Welsh Biography ... and farmers. Welsh Biography Online is a bilingual resource with every entry in Welsh language Welsh and English language English . Welsh Biography Online combines the two volumes, The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 and The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 1970 with the three Welsh language ... between 1953 and 2001. ref name WBO http www.culturenetcymru.com en ?p 24 Welsh Biography Online on Culture Net Cymru ref The idea of transcribing The Dictionary of Welsh Biography into digital form ... has a long and close association with The Dictionary of Welsh Biography . Several National Librarians .... ref name WBO References reflist External links http wbo.llgc.org.uk Welsh Biography Online Search ... Dead link date February 2011 Open University website DEFAULTSORT Dictionary of Welsh Biography Category 1950 books Category British biographical dictionaries National Biography Category British biographers ... more details
Image Anaisninabiography.jpg right Ana s Nin A Biography is Deirdre Bair s award winning biography of writer Ana s Nin . It is considered arguably by many to be the most comprehensive, well researched, and scholarly biography available of Nin. Though the biography has received praise, it has also angered some fans of Ana s Nin as well as some of her former associates, some of whom claim that Bair s critical and rigorous investigation of Ana s Nin s life is unsympathetic. Biographer Deirdre Bair has also gained notice for her biographies of Simone de Beauvoir , Samuel Beckett and Carl Jung . External links http www.salon.com weekly bair960729.html Salon article about Ana s Nin A Biography A famous quote by Ana s Nin is We don t see things as they are, we see things as we are . bio book stub Category Biographies about writers ... more details
notability books date December 2009 George tienne Cartier A Biography is a biography written by Canada Canadian writer and historian Alastair Sweeny , and first published in 1976. The biography is a life of Canada Canadian politician George tienne Cartier . The hardback edition ISBN 0 7710 8363 7 of the biography is 352 pages. It was publish ed by McClelland & Stewart . A scanned version is available on the http www.canadachannel.ca cartier George Etienne Cartier Portal DEFAULTSORT George Etienne Cartier A Biography Category Canadian biographies Category Books by Alastair Sweeny Category 1976 books Category George tienne Cartier ... more details
Orphan date May 2010 Biography A Brief History is a book by Nigel Hamilton author Nigel Hamilton that portrays, through historiography , the history of biography , and shows how biographers have portrayed and interpreted individuals lives. The book examines the historical evolution of biography from the ancient world to the present, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the recent American Splendor , from cuneiform to the Internet, from commemoration to deconstruction , and from fiction to fact . It also examines such famous biographical authors as Plutarch , Saint Augustine , Sir Walter Raleigh , Samuel Johnson , Jean Jacques Rousseau , Lord Byron , Sigmund Freud , Lytton Strachey , Abel Gance , Virginia Woolf , Leni Riefenstahl , Orson Welles , Julian Barnes , Ted Hughes , and Frank McCourt . Portal Biography A Brief History Cleanup reorganize date June 2008 Prologue Nigel Hamilton defines biography as our creative and non fiction output devoted to recording and interpreting real lives , and believes that the term biography does not include biographies that can be both commentaries and life stories. He writes that biography is integral to Western culture Western ideals of individuality and ideals ... devoted to the study of biography, except for the University of Hawaii at Manoa . Evolutionary biography Nigel Hamilton believes that the most important function of biography is to contribute ... other are, and that biography is also used to guide humans self understanding as individuals . Importance ... and interpretation begins, whether biography is essentially the chronicle of an individual s life ... reasons capture the essence and distinctiveness of a real individual. The word biography is formed from the Greek words meaning life , and depiction . D. R. Stuart said that biography excludes ... . Plutarch said biography let him treat history as a mirror , because he could help his own life by looking at others. Category Biography ... more details
unreferenced date July 2009 Infobox TV channel name The Biography Channel logofile The Biography Channel.svg logocaption The Biography Channel logo logosize 200px launch September 7, 2001 closed date picture format 480i SDTV network owner Rogers Media slogan country Canada broadcast area National headquarters Toronto , Ontario former names replaced names sister names web http www.thebiographychannel.ca The Biography Channel sat serv 1 Bell TV sat chan 1 Channel 622 sat serv 2 Shaw Direct sat chan 2 Channel 515 cable serv 1 Available on many Canadian cable systems cable chan 1 Check local listings, channels may vary iptv serv 1 Bell Aliant TV iptv chan 1 Channel 297 iptv serv 2 Bell Fibe TV iptv chan 2 Channel 622 iptv serv 3 Manitoba Telecom Services MTS iptv chan 3 Channel 271 iptv serv 4 Telus TV Optik TV iptv chan 4 Channel 149 iptv serv 5 SaskTel iptv chan 5 Channel 82 The Biography Channel is a Canada Canadian English language Category A services Category A specialty channel . It primarily features biographies on famous people and events throughout history and today including predominantly ... documentary series and reality programs. The Biography Channel is wholly owned by Rogers Media . History Licensed as The Biography Channel by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission ... an interest in this channel. On February 18, 2008, The Biography Channel updated its on air appearance ... 1px solid aaa align center height 150px bgcolor F9F9F9 Image Biography Channel 1999 2007 logo.svg 120px height 150px bgcolor F9F9F9 Image The Biography Channel.svg 120px width 150px colspan 1 bgcolor CCCCCC 2001 2008 width 150px colspan 1 bgcolor CCCCCC 2008 present See also The Biography Channel The Biography Channel US Bio. UK Bio. External links http www.thebiographychannel.ca The Biography Channel A E Networks Rogers Communications DEFAULTSORT Biography Channel Category Canadian digital cable ... in 2001 Category English language television stations in Canada Category Biography Channel shows ... more details
Primary sources article date October 2010 The Concise Dictionary of National Biography From Earliest Times to 1985 is a dictionary of Biography biographies of people from the United Kingdom . It was published in three volumes by Oxford University Press in 1992. ref ISBN 978 0198653059. ref The dictionary provides summaries of all the biographies in The Dictionary of National Biography , presented in alphabetical order by last name. See also Dictionary of National Biography , 1885 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , 2004 References reflist Further reading cite book ref harv last Lee first Sidney authorlink Sidney Lee year 1920 origyear 1906 title The Concise Dictionary of National Biography from the beginnings up to 1911 being an epitome of the Main Work and its supplement 1901 1911 edition second location London publisher Smith, Elder url http www.archive.org stream dictionaryofnati00smit page ii mode 2up cite book ref harv last Lee first Sidney authorlink Sidney Lee year 1920 origyear 1913 title Concise Dictionary of National Biography second supplement http www.archive.org stream dictionaryofnati00smit page 1 mode 1up An epitome of the supplement 1901&ndash 1911 url http www.archive.org details dictionaryofnati00leesuoft location London publisher Smith, Elder page http www.archive.org stream dictionaryofnati00smit page 1 mode 1up 1 External links http www.articlearchives.com reports reviews sections profiles biographies 1023383 1.html Article Archives information DEFAULTSORT Concise Dictionary of National Biography Category British biographical dictionaries Category Oxford dictionaries Category 1992 books ref book stub ... more details
italic title Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Curly An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge translator image Image Curlysuperstooge.jpg thumb image caption author Joan Howard Maurer illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series subject genre Biography publisher Citadel Press release date 1985 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages 224 isbn 0 8065 1086 2 oclc 41236497 preceded by followed by Curly An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge is a biography of Three Stooges member Curly Howard Jerome Curly Howard written by his niece, Joan Howard Maurer . It recounts her own memories of her uncle, along with interviews with various living relatives that had memories of the rotund stooge. One of the interviews is with Curly s youngest daughter Janie Hanky . Interviews with his first daughter and second wife are also included. Michael Jackson wrote the foreword to the book. US bio book stub Category 1985 books Category American biographies Category The Three Stooges ... more details
unreferenced date September 2009 Infobox Book name Hitchhiker A Biography of Douglas Adams title orig translator image Image HitchhikerBookCover.jpg 150px image caption Cover of Hitchhiker A Biography of Douglas Adams author M.J. Simpson illustrator cover artist country USA language English language English series genre Biography publisher Justin, Charles and Company release date 2003 media type Hardcover isbn 1932112170 dewey 823 .914 B 22 congress PR6051.D3352 Z87 2003 oclc 53044893 pages 382 preceded by followed by Hitchhiker is a biography of comedy science fiction writer and creator of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy , Douglas Adams , who lived from 11 March 1952 to 11 May 2001. It is written by M. J. Simpson . bio book stub HitchhikerBooks Category Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Category 2003 books Category Biographies about writers ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Lone Wolf is a biographical book about Ze ev Jabotinsky . Publication Lone Wolf a Biography of Vladimir Ze ev Jabotinsky, by Shmuel Katz New York Barricade Books, c1996 Category Biographies books bio book stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 James Joyce by Richard Ellmann was published in 1959 in literature 1959 a revised edition was released in 1982 . It is widely accepted as a masterpiece of literary biography. Anthony Burgess was so impressed with the biographer s work that he claimed it to be the greatest literary biography of the century . It provides an intimate and detailed account of the life of Ireland Irish modernist James Joyce , which greatly informs an understanding of this author s complex works. DEFAULTSORT James Joyce Biography Category 1959 books Category Works about James Joyce Category Irish biographies Bio book stub ... more details
Infobox book name Roger Fry A Biography title orig translator image File RogerFry.JPG 230px Jacket portrait by Vanessa Bell image caption Jacket portrait by Vanessa Bell author Virginia Woolf illustrator cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series subject genre publisher pub date english pub date media type pages isbn 9780156785204 oclc 1859726 dewey congress preceded by followed by Roger Fry A Biography is a biography of Roger Fry written by Virginia Woolf . bio book stub Category Books by Virginia Woolf ... more details
The National Biography Award , established in Australia in 1996, is awarded for the best published work of biographical or autobiographical writing by an Australian. It aims to encourage the highest standards of writing biography and autobiography and to promote public interest in those genres . ref name SLNSW State Library of New South Wales ref It was initially awarded every two years, but from 2002 it has been awarded annually. Its administration was taken over by the State Library of New South Wales in 1998. It was originally endowed by private benefactor, Dr. Geoffrey Cains, and the original ... the Australian psyche through distinguished biography writing. ref name SLNSW2005 In 2012 ... Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life 2000 Joint winners Peter Robb for M, a biography of European painter ... Biderman for The World of My Past National Biography Award Lecture In 2003, the National Biography ... Biography The Art of the Impossible , by Hilary McPhee AO 2009 Truth as applied to biography and autobiography , by Raimon Gaita 2008 Biography, Autobiography and Memoir Presidential Bests and Worsts , by Bob Carr ref http www.sl.nsw.gov.au Events events talks events biography lecture.html National Biography Award Lecture 2008 ref 2007 Biography The Impossible Art , by Inga Clendinnen ref Inga Clendinnen on the impossibility of biography ref 2006 Materials for Life The Enduring Value of Biography ... 2004 The Observed of all Observers Biography in Poetry , by Peter Porter poet 2003 Goethe s Two Left Feet Reflections on the Hazards and Liberties of Biography , by Peter Rose writer Notes reflist References ... of biography lecture , on ABC Radio National The Book Show , 2007 11 09 Accessed 2007 ... in Biography Prize s latest chapter in The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 March 2003 http www.sl.nsw.gov.au about awards biography.html State Library of New South Wales, National Biography Award Home Page ... Media release Category Biography awards Category Australian literary awards Category Awards established ... more details
Infobox Television show name Biography image Image Roy Rogers Biography.jpg 150px caption rating TV G or TV PG depending on who what is profiled format Documentary film Documentary runtime 60 120 minutes creator CBS News starring country United States network CBS br A&E Network A&E br The Biography Channel first aired 1962 last aired present num episodes Biography is a documentary television series . It was originally a half hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace journalist Mike Wallace . The A&E Network later re ran it and has produced ... up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography ..., but cut back to only once a week, usually on Friday nights. A&E canceled Biography after August 2006, making new episodes of the show exclusively available on The Biography Channel. ref Dempsey, John. http www.variety.com article VR1117944601?categoryid 14&cs 1 Biography rewrite Variety magazine ...?keywords biography&Search.x 0&Search.y 0 Schedule search for Biography airings A&E Network A&E ref ... and Arthur Blank . Hosts The 1987 version of Biography has been hosted by Peter Graves actor Peter Graves ... guest host. In popular culture The basic format for Biography was copied by other networks for more ... 2011 The Canada Canadian television comedy series Liocracy was a parody of Biography . That program, in fact, was originally titled Liography until the producers of Biography threatened an intellectual property infringement lawsuit. See also The Biography Channel The E True Hollywood Story References reflist External links imdb title id 0054520 title Biography 1961 64 imdb title id 0092322 title Biography 1987 present http www.aetv.com biography index.jsp Official site on A&E http www.biography.com The Biography Channel Category Biography Channel shows Category 1987 television series debuts ... English language television series Category Media franchises gl Biography ... more details
italic title The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography is a multi volume collection of biographical articles and portraits of Americans, published since the 1890s. ref name nypl cite web url http www.nypl.org research chss grd resguides biography geographical.html title The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography accessdate 2009 11 30 quote This biographical dictionary of Americans is more comprehensive than the Dictionary of American Biography but lacks the scholarly approach and the bibliographies characteristic of the latter work. The entries in the National Cyclopaedia are unsigned and are largely based upon questionnaires and other information supplied by families of the biographees. Since this dictionary is not alphabetically arranged, access to the entries is through the general index. While the focus of this work is on the deceased, volumes entitled current or lettered include those living at the time of compilation. Portraits are supplied throughout the set. ... publisher New York Public Library ref The primary method of data collection was by sending questionnaires to subjects or their relatives. ref name nypl It has over 60,000 entries, in 63 volumes. ref name rutgers The entries are not credited. ref name nypl The overall editor was James Terry White . It is more comprehensive than the Dictionary of American Biography and the American National Biography but less scholarly because it doesn t cite the original sources used for the information. ref name nypl ref name rutgers cite web url http andromeda.rutgers.edu natalieb biogen.htm title The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography accessdate 2009 11 30 date October 28, 2001 quote The most extensive, and least ... Rutgers University ref See also Appletons Cyclop dia of American Biography tl Cite NCAB References reflist External links The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography By James Terry White, online ... 368. ref book stub DEFAULTSORT National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Category United States ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Dictionary of Scientific Biography The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly ... of Scientific Biography and an electronic version that includes both publications. Dictionary of Scientific Biography The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly English language reference work consisting of biography biographies of scientist s from antiquity to modern times, but excluding ... extensive biographies on hundreds of figures. It gives information about both the personal biography ... Biography . New York Charles Scribner s Sons, 1970 1980. 16 vols. Introduction, v. 1, pp. ix x. ref ref http www.scholarly societies.org history DSB.html Dictionary of Scientific Biography at the Scholarly ..., Scribner s published a one volume abridgment, the Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography ... Jan. 23, 2009. ref New Dictionary of Scientific Biography The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography ... http www.gale.cengage.com ndsb New Dictionary of Scientific Biography . Retrieved 2008 ... in the original Dictionary of Scientific Biography, including a substantial number of female and third ... version In 2007, Charles Scribner s Sons published the Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ... 4&id 233444 Gale catalog page for the Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography . Accessed April ... by Cengage Learning . Editions Gillispie, Charles C., editor in chief. Dictionary of Scientific Biography ... Biography. American Council of Learned Societies. New York Scribner, 1981. ISBN 068416650X. Koertge, Noretta, editor in chief. New Dictionary of Scientific Biography . New York Charles Scribner s Sons, 2007. 8 vols. ISBN 0684313200. Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York Charles Scribner ... A Review of Dictionary of Scientific Biography Volume XV, Supplement I Archaeoastronomy , Vol. 8, p. 142 Stephen G. Brush. March 1972 . A Fascinating Reference Dictionary of Scientific Biography ... Biography includes list of current entries http www.chlt.org sandbox lhl dsb index.html Some sample ... more details
italictitle Infobox journal title Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography cover editor Tamara Gaskell discipline History of Pennsylvania formernames abbreviation publisher Historical Society of Pennsylvania country United States frequency Quarterly history 1877 present openaccess license impact impact year website http www.hsp.org default.aspx?id 68 link1 link1 name link2 link2 name RSS atom JSTOR OCLC 1762062 LCCN 2006267556 CODEN ISSN 0031 4587 eISSN boxwidth The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography is a Peer review peer reviewed academic journal covering the history of Pennsylvania . It has been published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania since 1877. Issues from January 2006 forward are available online on the History Cooperatives Web. ref name coop cite web url http www.historycooperative.org pmhindex.html title The History Cooperative & 124 Journals & 124 Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography index format work accessdate 2010 02 06 ref Past issues, from 1907 through 2004, are freely available through Penn State University s digital library collections. ref name pennstate cite web url http dpubs.libraries.psu.edu DPubS?Service UI&version 1.0&verb Display&handle psu.pmhb title The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography format work accessdate 2010 02 06 ref Issues from 1877 through 2003 are also available on JSTOR . ref name JSTOR cite web url http www.jstor.org action showPublication?journalCode pennmaghistbio title JSTOR Browse The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography format work accessdate 2010 02 06 ref References references DEFAULTSORT Pennsylvania Magazine Of History And Biography Category History of Pennsylvania Category Publications established in 1877 Category American history journals Category Quarterly journals Category English language journals ... more details
Infobox Book name Dictionary of New Zealand Biography title orig translator image image caption author General Editor, 1983 1990 Professor W. H. Oliver , General Editor, 1990 2003, Dr Claudia Orange , 1,239 individual contributors illustrator cover artist country New Zealand language English language English , Maori language Maori series subject New Zealand biography genre Encyclopedia publisher Auckland University Press pub date 1990 2000 english pub date media type 5 volumes DNZB title also available on line plainlink y pages isbn oclc preceded by followed by The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is web based formerly a series of print volumes encyclopedia or biographical dictionary containing biographies for over 3,000 deceased Category New Zealand people New Zealanders . The dictionary superseded An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand of 1966, which had 900 biographies. The dictionary is managed by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the New Zealand Government . In later decades the dictionary made a conscious effort to move away from the male and P keh dominated coverage of early works to a move representative view of New Zealand. Women who had done well in male dominated fields Sybil Audrey Marie Lupp , Amy Isabella Johnston , Mary Jane Lewis , Alice Woodward Horsley , Nora Mary Crawford , etc were included, as were M ori, a range of ordinary people Joseph Zillwood , etc, and criminals Edward Raymond Horton , Jessie Finnie , etc . Many of these people were included because ... new zealand biography dictionary new zealand biography biograp title Dictionary of New Zealand Biography ... Biography website site of the year . ref cite journal last Phillips first Jock title The Online Encyclopedia ... Reflist 2 External links DNZB title Dictionary of New Zealand Biography plainlink y http www.mch.govt.nz what we do websites we run dictionary new zealand biography Dictionary of New Zealand Biography ... Biography Category Biographical dictionaries New Zealand Biography ... more details
italic title The Australian Dictionary of Biography ADB or AuDB is a national co operative enterprise, founded and maintained by the Australian National University ANU to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia s history. The ADB project has been operating since 1957 with staff located at the Australian Dictionary of Biographic ADB , Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University . Since its inception, 4000 authors have contributed to the ADB and its published volumes contain 9,800 scholarly articles on 10,700 individuals. ref http adb.anu.edu.au aboutadb.php About the Australian Dictionary of Biography ref Volumes To date, the ADB has produced eighteen volumes of biographical articles on important and representative figures in Australian history, published by Melbourne University Publishing . Volumes 1 and 2 published in 1966 67 covered subjects who lived in the period 1788 1850 Volumes 3 to 6 published in 1969 76 dealt with the period 1851 1890 Volumes 7 to 12 published in 1979 90 dealt with the period 1891 1939 Volumes 13 to 16 published in 1993 2002 dealt with the period 1940 1980 Volumes 17 published in 2007 dealt with those who died between 1981 and 1990 with surnames beginning with A to K. Volume 18 will cover people who died between 1981 and 1990 with surnames beginning with L to Z. A Supplementary volume of Australians not covered by the original volumes was released in 2005. An index to Volumes 1 to 12 was published ... of Biography Online was launched by Michael Jeffery , Governor General of Australia and received ... of Online Edition of the ADB ref The ADB Online is operated by the Australian Dictionary of Biography ... of Australian Biography by Percival Serle first published in 1949, nor with the even older German ... links http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au Australian Dictionary of Biography Online http adb.anu.edu.au ... of Biography fr Australian Dictionary of Biography pt Australian Dictionary of Biography ... more details
The Dictionary of Australian Biography , published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Australia n history. With approximately a thousand entries, the book took more than twenty years to complete. It should not be confused with the multi volume Australian Dictionary of Biography published by Melbourne University Press in 1966. The book contains 1030 biographies of Australians, or men who were closely connected with Australia, who died before the end of 1942. According to Serle in his preface blockquote This date closed the first one hundred and fifty years of Australia s history, for although the first fleet arrived in January 1788, the first emigrant ship, the Bellona, did not come until January 1793. Until then Australia had been merely a dumping ground for convicts, but the arrival of free emigrants foreshadowed the founding of a nation. ref Serle, Percival, 1949. http gutenberg.net.au dictbiog 00 dict biogIndex.html preface Dictionary of Australian Biography ref blockquote The average length of the biographies is about 640 Words, and Serle classified them roughly into the following twelve groups Army and Navy 10 Artists, including architects, actors, and musicians 130 Governors and administrators 50 Lawyers 69 Literary men and women 137 Notorieties 17 Pioneers, explorers, pastoralists, men of business 161 Politicians 174 Scholars, philosophers, clergymen 76 Scientists, including physicians, surgeons, and engineers 140 Social reformers, philanthropists, educationists 53 Sporting men cricketers and athletes ... Mennell s s The Dictionary of Australasian Biography The Dictionary of Australasian Biography from ... have been released including Australian Dictionary of Biography from 1966 Who s Who in Australia ... of Australian Biography 1949 courtesy of Project Gutenberg Australia contains details of people who ... biographical dictionaries Australian Biography, Dictionary of ... more details
italic title The American National Biography ANB is a 24 volume biographical encyclopedia set containing approximately 17,400 entries ref cite web url http www.anb.org aboutanb.html title About the ANB date 2005 accessdate 2007 05 05 ref and 20 million words, ref cite web url http www.library.yale.edu llicense ListArchives 9907 msg00022.html title Oxford University Press and Regional Networks Announce Strategic Alliance date July 20, 2009 accessdate 2009 01 15 ref first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies . A 400 entry supplement appeared in 2002. ref name FritzeCoutts2004 cite book author1 Ronald H. Fritze author2 Brian E. Coutts author3 Louis Andrew Vyhnanek title Reference sources in history an introductory guide year 2004 publisher ABC CLIO isbn 978 0 87436 883 3 page 196 ref In addition to significant investment by Oxford University Press, funding came from Rockefeller Foundation , Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities . ref American National Biography , Vol. 1, Preface ref The general editors were John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. ref http www.anb.org American National Biography Online ref The ANB bills itself as the successor of the Dictionary of American Biography , which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is not however a strict superset of this older publication the selection of topics was made anew. ref name Thomas2005 cite book author Keith Thomas title Changing conceptions of national biography the Oxford DNB in historical perspective publisher Cambridge University Press isbn 978 0 521 67118 7 page 35 year 2005 ref It is commonly available in the reference ... awarded the American National Biography its prestigious Dartmouth Medal ref cite web url http ... The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography References reflist External links http www.neh.gov news ... de American National Biography es American National Biography fr American National Biography ... more details
The Dictionary of Virginia Biography ISBN 0 88490 206 4 is a multivolume biographical reference work published by the Library of Virginia covering all aspects of Virginia Virginia s history and culture since 1607. Publication began in 1998 with a volume covering surnames from Aaroe through Blanchfield. Volume 2 2001 covered Bland through Cannon, and volume 3 2006 covered Caperton through Daniels. When completed, the projected fourteen volumes will contain approximately 6,000 biographies of Virginians who, regardless of their place of birth or death, made significant contributions to the history or culture of their locality, state, and nation or who achieved particular distinction in their professions or chosen fields. No persons living at the time of publication are included. Because for two and a half centuries of its history Virginia Territorial evolution of the United States encompassed a much larger territory than it does today, the DVB defines Virginia as the current state boundaries plus Kentucky before its separate statehood in 1792 and West Virginia before its separate statehood in 1863. Many of the DVB s entries offer the first reliable biography ever printed about their subjects. The DVB s contributors and editors research every biography in primary sources and verify all facts found in the extant secondary literature, which can sometimes prove to be inexact, incomplete, or incorrect. Virtually every biography so far published contains corrections or additions to life histories previously available. For example, the standard literature renders the names of the leaders of a 1671 expedition seeking a passage beyond the Appalachian Mountains as Thomas Batts and Robert ... biography of Lott Cary , the Baptist missionary and founder of Liberia , for the first time identifies ... Dictionary of Virginia Biography home page http www.lva.virginia.gov whatwedo pubs dvb classind index.htm Dictionary of Virginia Biography Classified Index Category History of Virginia Category United ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe Type Album Artist John Surman Cover A Biography of the Rev Absalom Dawe.jpg Released 1995 Recorded October 1994 Genre Jazz Length 72 51 Label ECM Records ECM Producer Manfred Eicher Chronology John Surman Last album Nordic Quartet br 1994 This album A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe br 1994 Next album Proverbs and Songs br 1997 A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM Records ECM label. ref name ECM discography http www.ecmrecords.com Catalogue ECM 1500 1528.php ECM discography accessed October 4, 2011 ref Reception The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating John Surman is an artist with an amazing range and depth of style, from contemporary classical to jazz to electronic music. In few places is this more evident than on A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe , on which Surman acts as a sort of one man wind chamber ensemble... Elements of modern composition, jazz, and European folk can be heard throughout and the mood is one of reflection and wintry quiet. Overall, this is one of Surman s most daring and yet most successful projects to date . ref name Allmusic Proefrock, S. http www.allmusic.com album a biography of the rev absalom dawe r233256 review Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 4.5 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing All compositions by John Surman First Light 2 45 Countless Journeys 7 34 A Monastic Calling 5 55 Druid s Circle 2 46 Twas But Piety 7 23 Three Aspects 2 53 The Long Narrow Road 2 51 Wayfarer 9 31 The Far Corners 6 37 An Image 1 25 Personnel John Surman &mdash soprano saxophone , baritone saxophone , bass clarinet , alto clarinet , keyboards References reflist John Surman DEFAULTSORT Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe Category ECM Records albums Category John Surman albums Category 1995 albums ... more details
Refimprove date July 2008 The Drainie Taylor Biography Prize is a Canada Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers Trust of Canada for the best work of biography, autobiography, or personal memoir. Created in 1998, the award is named in honour of Nathan A. Taylor , one of the country s leading entertainment impresarios, and actor John Drainie . Writer and actor Claire Drainie Taylor , the award s benefactor, was married to Drainie from 1942 until his death in 1966, and was subsequently married to Taylor until his death in 2004. Winners 1999 Fran ois Ricard author and Patricia Claxton translator , Gabrielle Roy A Life 2000 Trevor Herriot , River in a Dry Land A Prairie Passage 2001 Ken McGoogan , Fatal Passage 2002 Warren Cariou , Lake of the Prairies A Story of Belonging 2003 Geoffrey Stevens biographer Geoffrey Stevens , The Player The Life and Times of Dalton Camp 2004 Peter C. Newman , Here Be Dragons Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power 2005 Nelofer Pazira , A Bed of Red Flowers In Search of My Afghanistan Category Canadian literary awards Category Biography awards fr Prix Drainie Taylor ... more details
Biography of the Life of Manuel is a series of novels, essays and poetry by James Branch Cabell . It purports to trace the life, illusions and disillusions of Dom Manuel , Count of Poictesme a fictional province of France , and of his physical and spiritual descendants through many generations. Theme The conceit of the series is that the life or at least the expectations of Dom Manuel the Redeemer , which is the subject of the novel Figures of Earth , did not end in his death but was continued in his heirs. The life of each follows the same pattern. blockquote The comedy is always the same. In the first act, the hero imagines a place where happiness exists. In the second, he strives towards that goal. In the third, he comes up short, or what amounts to the same thing he achieves his goal only to find that happiness lies a little further down the road. blockquote Sequence The components of the Biography were written between 1901 and 1929 some of them were originally conceived before Cabell ... into the sequence. Although the Biography is a mix of fantasies, historical romances, social satires ... comprising the Biography follows. These data are given for each title the date of its first publication ... of his Writings, Biography and Criticism , University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 1957 ref Biography of the Life of Manuel Beyond Life 1919 S1, B1. Essentially a non fiction essay on life and fiction .... The Lineage of Lichfield , 1922 S16 , B19. A fantastic genealogy of the Biography . Straws and Prayer ... obscenity trial. Sonnets from Antan 1929 S18 , B49 verse . Related to the Biography are the following ... s other books appear to have teasing references to the Biography . For example, the hero of Hamlet ..., Horvendile. References references External links isfdb series id Biography of the Life of Manuel title Biography of the Life of Manuel http greatsfandf.com AUTHORS BranchCabell.shtml Science Fiction ..., augmented by modern additions DEFAULTSORT Biography of the Life of Manuel Category Fantasy books by series ... more details
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