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A Who's Who (or Who Is Who) is a reference work consisting of biographical entries of notable people in a particular field. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The oldest and best-known is the annual publication Who's Who , a reference work on contemporary prominent people in Britain published annually since 1849.
Murray's address books, combined with those of Frederick Furnivall, included the names of some 3000 volunteers alongside the words they had submitted quotations for and which books they had used. The Dictionary People is structured as an abecedary, with each chapter focussing on a particular type of contributor, such as "C for Cannibal", "H for ...
Ratcliffe, Susan, People on People: The Oxford Dictionary of Biographical Quotations. Roszkowski % Kofman, Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Saunders, J.W.W., A Biographical Dictionary of Renaissance Poets and Dramatists, 1520–1650.
Concordance – an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work; Dictionary – a list of words from one or more languages, systematically arranged and giving meanings, etymologies etc. Digest – a summary of information on a particular subject; Directory – a systematically arranged list of names, addresses ...
A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in Who's Who, or deceased people only, in the Dictionary of National Biography). Others are specialized, in that they cover important names ...
This is a list of well-known online encyclopedias that are accessible or formerly accessible on the Internet. The largest online encyclopedias are general reference works, though there are also many specialized ones.
The little black book that once belonged to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is about to become public knowledge. Names of associates of the late Epstein are set to be released as soon as Tuesday.
Cutter made an explicit statement regarding the objectives of a bibliographic system in his Rules for a Printed Dictionary Catalog. [7] According to Cutter, those objectives were 1. to enable a person to find a book of which any of the following is known (Identifying objective): the author; the title; the subject; the date of publication