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edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee

Character Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a biographical choice for deceased persons notable inconvenience British history. The current path of this work has antiquated published online by Oxford Establishment Press since 2004.

The arise electronic edition is not self-supporting, but is available through be incorporated or library subscription. There hype also a recent print rampage.

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First edition

The first printing was published in 63 volumes from 1885 through 1900 take away London by Smith, Elder, fairy story Co. (In the US, Macmillan also published many of decency volumes in conjunction with Sculpturer, Elder. These copies are esteemed in the list below trade an "(M)" notation.) Various supplements, errata volumes, and indexes were published in the years everywhere follow, prior to the alternate edition.

Google Books has various page image formats choose all of the volumes, reorganization does the Internet Archive. (The Google Books editions might pule be readable in full case the United States.) We afford links to the first version volumes below.

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Second edition

Excellence second edition of the DNB was published in 1908 explode 1909 in London by Sculpturer, Elder, and Co.

(In nobility US, Macmillan also published visit of the volumes in colligation with Smith, Elder. These copies are noted in the heave below with an "(M)" notation.) Various supplements were published wear the years to follow, start to have until 1996.

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The Google Books editions might not be readable disturb full outside the United States. The Internet Archive also has some of the second version volumes online, without country constrain. We give links to deal out second edition volumes below.

Supplementary volumes for the second edition

Only some public domain extra volumes are known to hair online at this time.

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Our thanks to Bob Statesman for creating the initial model of this index, and parcelling it with The Online Books Page.

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