BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH

BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH
An Internet Hotlist on BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction | Biography Megasites | Women's Bios | African American & American History Bios | Biographies by Occupation or Category

Introduction
Use a variety of resources that includes books and encyclopedias, our online databases, and the links listed below. *New links may be added to this site, so check back often.

The Internet Resources

Biography Megasites

A&E's Picks - these are the Arts & Entertainment program's picks of the 100 greatest people of the past millenium.
About Famous People -
Awesome Library: Biographies -
Biographical Dictionary -
Biography - Categorical Index -
Biography.com - one page biographies on hundreds of people in all walks of life.
Biography/Who's Who -
Famous People - throughout history
Gallery of Achievers - links to biographies of persons in various fields such as: the Arts, Business, Public Service, Science & Exploration, Sports, etc.
Historic Figures -
HyperHistory People Index - by era
Multnomah County Library - Biography Sites - megalist of biography websites
Omnibiography.com - over 110,000 (short) biographies online
Open Directory: Biography - megalist of links
Spectrum Biographies -
TIME Magazine Top 100 - the most important people of the century

Women's Bios

WOMEN: PAST & PRESENT - includes sites on American women, International women, women's fashions, women writers, artists, performers, rulers, leaders, etc. Also issues on women's health & other gender concerns, Feminist theories, and women in literature (characters & themes).

African American & American History Bios

Amazing Americans -
Biographies of the Founding Fathers - biographies of the men who fought for American independece and forged our Constitution.
From Revolution to Reconstruction - biographies in American History
Internet African-American History Challenge - profiles of some important 19th century African Americans.
Notable African Americans -
Who's Who in American History - Civil War to the present

Biographies by Occupation or Category

Pulitzer Prizes - winners
AGE OF EXPLORATION - includes biographical info on explorers & men of science in that era
AUTHORS & LITERATURE - includes: novelists, short story & essay writers, poets, playwrights, etc.
Athlete Biographies - excerpts of biographies on famous sports figures from Current Biography.
Composer Biographies -
LABOR & INDUSTRY - hotlist with section on Inventors
Mathematicians Biographies -
RENAISSANCE BIOGRAPHIES - artists, scientists, political figures, etc. of the Renaissance era
RULERS - world heads of state & government, dating back to about 1700
Scientific Biographies - noteworthy people in the fields of physics, astronomy, chemistry and mathematics.
TIME Magazine Top 100 Artists & Entertainers -
TIME Magazine Top 100 Builders & Titans -
TIME Magazine Top 100 Scientists & Thinkers -
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive -
U.S. PRESIDENTS - profiles of presidents from Washington to G.W.Bush
World Political Leaders & Rulers - from Zarate's Political Collections
World of Scientific Biography -

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
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Last revised Fri Nov 20 9:42:03 US/Pacific 2009