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British Biographical Index
''British Biographical Index'' in four vols. Edited by David Bank and Anthony Esposito. London: K.G. Saur. It is the key to the British Biographical Archive. Edited by Laureen Baillie and Paul Sieveking. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1984-. 1236 fiches. The collection includes 330,000 biographical entries from 324 reference books originally published between 1601 and 1929. Most major reference libraries have it. In digital online form, it forms part of the World Biographical Information System Online The ''World Biographical Information System Online'' (or ''WBIS Online'') is an online database that contains biographical articles from international lexica and encyclopedias in various languages. Claiming to be "the most comprehensive biographic ... British biographical dictionaries {{UK-hist-book-stub ...
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British Biographical Archive
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ( ...
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World Biographical Information System Online
The ''World Biographical Information System Online'' (or ''WBIS Online'') is an online database that contains biographical articles from international lexica and encyclopedias in various languages. Claiming to be "the most comprehensive biographical database available", ''WBIS Online'' is based on a bibliography of biographical sources published by K. G. Saur Verlag of Walter de Gruyter, each covering a continental region, countries or languages or cultural areas and available in digitalized microfiches. The use is free in Germany, people can use the database either in public libraries A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ..., where they are already registered as a user, or at home after proof of their residence in Germany, free of charge and unlimited.
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