Dictionary of National Biography, The

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 671 words | Copyright

Dictionary of National Biography, The, designed and published by George Smith, was begun in 1882 with Sir L. Stephen as editor. It included in its original form biographies of all national notabilities from earliest times to 1900. The work has been continued by the publishing of decennial supplements. Stephen was succeeded in the editorship by Sir Sidney Lee. In 1917 the DNB was transferred to the Oxford University Press. The Concise DNB is in two parts: Part I, epitome of the DNB from earliest times to 1900, and Part 2, epitome of the supplements, 1901–70. The New Dictionary of National Biography will be published in 2004, edited by Colin Matthew.

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