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Description
Marquis Biographies Online contains brief biographical information in directory format. For each person, it includes data such as birth date and place, family, education and degree(s), career history, creative works, awards, military history, achievements, current memberships, interests/hobbies, and contact information. The database includes more than 1.4 million biographies.
Biographies are taken from more than 20 Who's Who books, including Who's Who in America and its regional volumes, Who's Who in Business and Finance and other volumes covering professions, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in American Politics, and Who's Who in American History. The database also includes all of the 110,000 biographies from the Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985.
Dates covered
1607 to the present.
Type of coverage
Brief biographies in directory form.
Producer/content provider
Marquis Who's Who
Vendor/electronic presentation provider
Marquis Who's Who
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