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''Who's Who in Scotland'' is an annual biographical dictionary published since 1986 by Carrick Media. It features short biographies of about 5,000 notable Scots. ''Who's Who in Scotland'' includes leading figures in
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Chamber's Biographical Dictionary ''Chambers Biographical Dictionary'' provides concise descriptions of over 18,000 notable figures from Britain and the rest of the world. It was first published in 1897. The publishers, Chambers Harrap, who were formerly based in Edinburgh, clai ...
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Who's Who ''Who's Who'' (or ''Who is Who'') is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography, biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The title has been adopted as an expression meaning a gr ...
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Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...
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Who's Who in the Scottish Government
1986 non-fiction books 1986 in Scotland British biographical dictionaries Scottish non-fiction literature Series of non-fiction books {{bio-dict-stub