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United States

American National Biography
Biographical info about American men and women. Updated semi-annually.

Biographical dictionary of American Indian history to 1900 - REF E89 .W35 2001
Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984
Marquis Who was who in America, 1985-present
Oxford Companion to American Literature
Author biographies, plot summaries, and descriptions of literary movements in American literature.
The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives - REF CT213 .S37 1998

African American Lives by Henry Louis Gates (Editor); Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195160246
Publication Date: 2004-04-29

Britain

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Biographical information about around 60,000 men and women important to British history.

The Kings and Queens of Britain

Other Countries

Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature - REF PN849.C3 E53 2006
The International who's who - REF CT120 .I5 (older issues in OVERSIZE)
Marquis Who's Who in the World
Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

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