Author: Allen Johnson
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Concise Dictionary of American Biography
Author: American Council of Learned Societies
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
Book Description
This one-volume abridgment of the Dictionary of American biography contains concise versions of all 18,110 biographies contained in the original work and the eight supplement volumes. It also includes 1,026 biographies of figures who died between 1961 and 1970, as well as a 170-page listing of all subjects by occupation (in some 1,000 fields of endeavor). Edited under the sponsorship of the American Council of Learned Societies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
Book Description
This one-volume abridgment of the Dictionary of American biography contains concise versions of all 18,110 biographies contained in the original work and the eight supplement volumes. It also includes 1,026 biographies of figures who died between 1961 and 1970, as well as a 170-page listing of all subjects by occupation (in some 1,000 fields of endeavor). Edited under the sponsorship of the American Council of Learned Societies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The American Negro
Author: Rayford Whittingham Logan
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography
Author: Franklin W. Knight
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199935796
Category : Africans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Pelé, the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography will provide a comprehensive overview of the lives of Caribbeans and Afro-Latin Americans who are historically significant. The project will be unprecedented in scale, covering the entire Caribbean, and the Afro-descended populations throughout Latin America, including people who spoke and wrote Creole, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. It will also encompass the full scope of history, with entries on figures from the first forced slave migrations in the sixteenth centuries, to entries on living persons such as the Haitian musician and politician Wyclef Jean and the Cuban author and poet Nancy Morejón. Individuals will be drawn from all walks of life including philosophers, politicians, activists, entertainers, scholars, poets, scientists, religious figures, kings, and everyday people whose lives have contributed to the history of the Caribbean and Latin America"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199935796
Category : Africans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Pelé, the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography will provide a comprehensive overview of the lives of Caribbeans and Afro-Latin Americans who are historically significant. The project will be unprecedented in scale, covering the entire Caribbean, and the Afro-descended populations throughout Latin America, including people who spoke and wrote Creole, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. It will also encompass the full scope of history, with entries on figures from the first forced slave migrations in the sixteenth centuries, to entries on living persons such as the Haitian musician and politician Wyclef Jean and the Cuban author and poet Nancy Morejón. Individuals will be drawn from all walks of life including philosophers, politicians, activists, entertainers, scholars, poets, scientists, religious figures, kings, and everyday people whose lives have contributed to the history of the Caribbean and Latin America"--Provided by publisher.
Dictionary of American Biography
Author: Allen Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Dictionary of American Biography
Author:
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Category : Statesmen, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Statesmen, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Dictionary of American Biography, Including Men of the Time
Author: Francis Samuel Drake
Publisher: Boston : J.R. Osgood
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : J.R. Osgood
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
Dictionary of American Biography
Author: Allen Johnson
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 9780684138558
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 9780684138558
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Dictionary of American Biography
Author: John Huston Finley
Publisher:
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Category : Dictionary of American biography
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary of American biography
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Dictionary of American Biography. --Supplement
Author:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Dictionary of American Biography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary of American biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Contains six indexes to the ten-volume edition and supplements one through ten of the "Dictionary of American Biography" including subjects of biographies, contributors, birthplaces, schools and colleges, occupations, and topics.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary of American biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Contains six indexes to the ten-volume edition and supplements one through ten of the "Dictionary of American Biography" including subjects of biographies, contributors, birthplaces, schools and colleges, occupations, and topics.