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Recommended

Dictionary of National Biography

by George Murray Smith · 1885

Biography & Memoir · ranked #37 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

"This new volume of the DNB contains the lives of 1,086 persons who were omitted from previous volumes of the DNB", covering period "from the beginnings to 1985"--Page v.

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The verdict

Category
Biography & Memoir
First published
1885 · 1880s
Author
George Murray Smith
Standing
Recommended

About Biography & Memoir

The best biography and memoir gives you both the person and their world. These are the books where the story of one life opens up into history, society or something essential about what it means to be human.

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