Dictionary of national biography wikisource

Welcome to WikiProject DNB.

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, "from earliest times to the present", i.e.

up until the time it was published, from 1885 to 1900. It is a massive work, comprising 63 volumes and encompassing over 27,000 biographies. Even though it is now more than a century old, the original edition remains an important reference work; and is the best secondary source for many of the subjects or aspects of their biographies.

Dictionary of national biography wikisource

Our project aims to make this work available online in an accessible form. As of February 2013, all DNB first edition and first supplement articles are present at Wikisource. Our project now aims to improve the DNB here in several ways.

These include additional proofreading, additional internal linking, and completion of linking to Wikipedia.

Why the old Dictionary of National Biography?

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