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The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries [1] and 20 million words, [2] first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
American National Biography The Dictionary of American Biography ( DAB ) was a multi-volume dictionary published in New York City by Charles Scribner's Sons under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
Knudsen, William Signius (American National Biography, 12:843-844) Lacey, James. The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II (2019) pp. 213–222. William Signius Knudsen (Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography: The Automobile Industry, 1920–1980. Pages 265–283).
African American National Biography Project; American Council of Learned Societies, Dictionary of American Biography, New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-80631-2. OCLC 4171403. American National Biography; Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography; Asimov, Isaac, Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography is a multi-volume collection of biographical articles and portraits of Americans, published since the 1890s. [1] The primary method of data collection was by sending questionnaires to subjects or their relatives. [1] It has over 60,000 entries, in 63 volumes. [2] The entries are not credited. [1]
Orestes Augustus Brownson (September 16, 1803 – April 17, 1876) was an American intellectual, activist, preacher, labor organizer, and writer. Brownson was also a noted Catholic convert. Brownson was also a noted Catholic convert.
William Jackson (March 9, 1759 – December 17, 1828) was a figure in the American Revolution and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention, and as part of his duties added his signature to the United States Constitution.
Emmett Jay Scott (February 13, 1873 – December 12, 1957) was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, academic, and government official who was Booker T. Washington's closest advisor at the Tuskegee Institute.