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The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ()is the national record of 60, men and women who shaped the history of the British Isles and of Britons worldwide, from the Roman occupation to the 21st century.
The ODNB is the world’s largest collaborative research project in the humanities, providing concise, up-to-date biographies written by 14, specialists overseen by a small team of academic editors at Oxford's History Faculty. In addition to 60, biographies, the Dictionary includes more than thematic essays (setting individuals in historical context), and 11, portrait likenesses, researched in association with the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The ODNB was first published in , in 60 print volumes and online. Regular updates have since have added a further biographies and thematic essays. Roughly half of these new biographies are of people from the very recent past who died (all people in the ODNB are deceased) in the 21st century. Other biographies extend the Dictionary’s coverage across earlier periods in the light of recent scholarship and publications. Updates also revise existing biographies in response to new research.
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Concise biographies of over 60, influential historical British figures.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a record of men and women responsible for shaping British history and culture worldwide from the Romans through to the 21st century. This resource contains over 60, concise biographies of significant British figures.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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The ODNB was first published in , in 60 print volumes and online. Since a continuation project has extended and developed the ODNB’s online edition.
Updates are published monthly. Our January update is composed of biographies of people who have died in the very recent past (all people in the ODNB are deceased). Our other monthly updates are gathered around themes of related lives and also extend the Dictionary’s coverage across earlier periods in the light of recent scholarship and publications. Updates also revise existing biographies in response to new research. Since we have added around biographies and thematic essays.
Dictionary editors also run a programme of public engagement with other national institutions (museums, galleries, the National Trust, English Heritage, and national biographies worldwide), as well as with British public libraries and university research projects in the UK and the United States. The Dictionary's popular podcast series is available on itunes and via our website.
The Oxford DNB is a research and publishing project of the Oxford History Faculty and Oxford University Press. The work of commissioning, editing, writing, updating, and promoting th
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