Dictionary of International Biography: 26th edition: A Biographical Record of Contemporary Achievement 1998

Accounted the flagship of the International Biographical Centre’s publications, now numbering 20 titles in all, some of which date back to the 1930s, this Dictionary, first published in 1963, “attempts to reflect contemporary achievement in every profession and field of interest within as many countries as possible”. Not only that, “it is an ever‐growing reference source since only a few biographical entries are repeated from edition to edition, and only when they have been updated with important new material. In this way each new Edition adds thousands of new biographies to those already published in the series; to date more...