Biographical Resources: Specialized
Queen's libraries hold a large number of specialized biographical resources. A few titles are listed below. For a more complete list, go to the appropriate subject guide.
History
The Blackwell Dictionary of
Historians
REF D14.B58 1988t
Great Historians from Antiquity to
1800 : an International Dictionary
REF D14.G74 1989
Encyclopedia of Historians and
Historical Writing
REF D14.E53 1999
Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History:
from Antiquity to World War II
REF HQ75.2.W46 2001t
See biographies under country specific history guides, American, British, Canadian, Medieval, European, and Western Intellectual.
Literary
Contemporary Authors
REF Z1224.C59
REF Z1224.C592t
REF Z1224.C76
- This multi volume series provides biographical information on over one hundred thousand modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches include personal information, career history, writings, biographical/critical sources and authors' comments and/or essays about their lives and work.
Dictionary of Literary
Biography
REF
- Consult QCAT under the series title (see above title) for individual call numbers. Each volume of this work is devoted to a different period, style, or dimension of American or British literary history.
Science
American Men and Women of
Science
Q141.C3 1971-2005 (Engineering & Science REF)
- Basic biographical information on prominent people in the physical, social and behavioural sciences.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography (online)
- Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists (online)
- Focuses on scientific achievement. Concentrates on the 'traditional pure’ sciences.
Last Updated: 12 April 2011
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