Dictionary of German Biography (DGB), Volume 1: Aachen ‐ Boguslawsky

The Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, published in ten volumes between 1995 and 1999, is now being published in English. And good English too, concise yet grammatical, stylish even, and with the minimum of abbreviations. Some 60,000 biographies from the German‐speaking world are covered, ranging from the time of Charlemagne to the present day, though no individuals now living are included.

Each entry opens with brief details so the user can immediately place the individual. Thus: Baedeker, Fritz, publisher, bookseller, born 4.12.1844 Koblenz; died 9.4.1925 Leipzig. The articles are generally of paragraph length, outlining the most important events in the person′s...