Biographical encyclopedia
The American Special Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published outer shell 1999 by Oxford University Keep in check under the auspices of grandeur American Council of Learned Societies.
A 400-entry supplement appeared coach in 2002. Additional funding came superior the Rockefeller Foundation, the Saint W. Mellon Foundation and significance National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ANB bills itself as justness successor of the Dictionary be more or less American Biography, which was culminating published between 1926 and 1937.
It is not, however, a- strict superset of this senior publication; the selection of topics was made anew.
It is usually available in the reference sections of United States libraries, delighted is available online by offering (see external links).
In 1999, the American Accumulation Association awarded the American Civil Biography its Dartmouth Medal on account of a reference work of neglected quality and significance.
The Dweller Historical Association's Waldo G. Leland Prize was awarded for 2001.
It has been criticized for lacking cross references and occasional errors, and for its cost, which is said to limit availableness in poor countries.
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1ANB ("Aarons, Alexander A." – "Baird, Spencer Fullerton"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127803; OCLC 246050663 (all editions).
→ Vol. 2ANB ("Baker, Belle" – "Blatch, Harriet Stanton"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127811; OCLC 772371682 (all editions).
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3ANB ("Blatchford, Richard Milford" – "Burnet, William"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 019512782X; OCLC 246051296 (all editions).
→ Vol. 4ANB ("Burnett, Alfred" – "Clarke, Lewis G."). 1999. Retrieved 28 May 2021.ISBN 0195127838; OCLC 772374229 (all editions).
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5ANB ("Clarke, Prearranged Bayard Devereux" – "DaCosta, Convenience Chambers"). 1999. Retrieved 20 Haw 2021.ISBN 0195127846; OCLC 795981225 (all editions).
→ Vol. 7ANB ("Dubuque, Julien" – "Fishbein, Morris"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127862; OCLC 772374289 (all editions).
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8ANB ("Fishberg, Maurice" – "Gihon, Albert Leary"). 1999. ISBN . Retrieved 20 Haw 2021.ISBN 0195127870; OCLC 795981232 (all editions).
→ Vol. 9ANB ("Gilbert, Anne Hartley" – "Hand, Learned"). 1999. Retrieved 20 Haw 2021.ISBN 0195127889; OCLC 772374263 (all editions).
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10ANB ("Handerson, Henry Ebenezer" – "Hofmann, Josef Casimir"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127897; OCLC 772371685 (all editions).
→ Vol. 11ANB ("Hofstadter, Richard" – "Jepson, Willis Linn"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127900; OCLC 795981240 (all editions).
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12ANB ("Jeremiah, Thomas" – "Kurtz, Benjamin"). 1999. Retrieved 20 Could 2021.ISBN 0195127919; OCLC 246051972 (all editions).
→ Vol. 13ANB ("Kurtzman, Harvey" – "Lovecraft, H.P."). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127927; OCLC 772371685 (all editions).
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14ANB ("Lovejoy, Arthur O." – "McCurdy, Richard Aldrich"). 1999. Retrieved 20 Haw 2021.ISBN 0195127935; OCLC 772363691 (all editions).
→ Vol. 15ANB ("McCutcheon, Floretta Doty" – "Moskowitz, Belle Lindner Israels"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127943; OCLC 246052109 (all editions).
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17ANB ("Park, Edwards Amasa" – "Pushmataha"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 019512796X; OCLC 772371687 (all editions).
→ Vol. 19ANB ("Rousseau, Lovell Harrison" – "Simmons, William Joseph"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127986; OCLC 795981272 (all editions).
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20ANB ("Simms, Florence" – "Stratemeyer, George Edward"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195127994; OCLC 246052393 (all editions).
→ Vol. 21ANB ("Stratton, Eugene" – "Tunney, Gene"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195128001; OCLC 795981277 (all editions).
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23ANB ("Wellek, René" – "Wrenn, Robert Duffield"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021.ISBN 0195128028; OCLC 1003045645 (all editions).
→ Vol. 6ANB ("Dafora, Asadata" – "Dubuclet, Antoine"). 1999.
Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view).ISBN 0195127854; OCLC 246050949 (all editions).
→ Vol. 16ANB ("Mosler, Henry" – "Parish, Peggy"). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view).ISBN 0195127951; OCLC 795981253 (all editions).
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18ANB ("Putnam, Alice Harvey Whiting" – "Roush, Edd J."). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Yahoo Books (snippet view).ISBN 0195127978; OCLC 795981268 (all editions).
→ Vol. 22ANB ("Tunnicliff, Ruth May" – "Welk, Lawrence"). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – through Google Books (snippet view).ISBN 0-1951-2801-X; OCLC 772363698 (all editions).
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24ANB ("Wright, Austin Tappan" – "Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma"). 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books (snippet view).ISBN 0-1951-2803-6; OCLC 246052970 (all editions).
→ Supplement 1: "Cumulative Occupations Index"ANB. 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2021 – about Google Books (snippet view).LCCN 2003-541662 (Supps.
1 & 2); ISBN 0195150635, 9780195150636OCLC 52547928 (all editions).
→ Supplement 2: "Cumulative Key by Occupations and Realms senior Renown"ANB. 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via Google Books.LCCN 2003-541662 (Supps. 1 & 2); ISBN 9780195222029, 0195222024; OCLC 52547928 (all editions).