''The International Who's Who'' is a
Who's Who
A Who's Who (or Who Is Who) is a reference work consisting of biographical entries of notable people in a particular field. The oldest and best-known is the annual publication ''Who's Who (UK), Who's Who'', a reference work on contemporary promin ...
series of reference books of notable people worldwide that has been published annually since 1935.
History
The first edition was published in 1935 by
Europa Publications
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.
The eighth edition (1943–44) was published in 1943 at the height of the Second World War and included for the first time the names of Generals
Eisenhower,
Vatutin and
Govorov. The publishers note in their preface that they took special pains to include details of those in the
Axis countries and
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
appeared accordingly under H in the book.
[''The International Who's Who 1943-44''. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943.]
From 2000, the series has been published by
Routledge
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, an imprint of the UK publishing group
Taylor and Francis
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,
and by 2006 it contained approximately 25,000 entries.
The International Who's Who online
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2006. Archived by Wayback Machine
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. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
Scams
The Who's Who brand has been tainted by the numerous Who's Who scams, which function by attempting to convince someone that they deserve to be in the Who's Who directory, but a prepayment is required.
See also
* ''World Leaders
''World Leaders'', also known as ''Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments'', is a public domain directory published weekly by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. It lists different state officials for each country ...
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References
External links
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* Volumes of
The International Who's Who
' available for loan (free with registration) at the Internet Archive
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International biographical dictionaries
Routledge books
Publications established in 1935
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