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The Dictionary of
National Biography (or DNB) is a biographical reference for deceased
persons notable in British history. The current edition of this work has
been published online by Oxford University Press since 2004. The current
electronic edition is not free, but is available through individual or
library subscription. There is also a recent print edition. Some earlier
editions of this work are freely available online, and remain of
historic interest. Below we link to free online volumes of the first edition, and some of their supplementary volumes.
First edition
The first edition was published in 63 volumes from 1885 through 1900 in
London by Smith, Elder, and Co. (In the US, Macmillan also published
many of the volumes in conjunction with Smith, Elder). Various
supplements, errata volumes, and indexes were published in the years to
follow, prior to the second edition.
Google Books has various
page image formats for all of the volumes, as does the Internet Archive.
(The Google Books editions might not be readable in full outside the
United States.) We give links to the first edition volumes below.
Volume 1 (Abbadie to Anne; 1885)
Volume 2 (Anneslya to Baird;
1885)
Volume 3 (Baker to Beadon;
1885)
Volume 4 (Beal to Biber;
1885)
Volume 5 (Bicheno to
Bottisham; 1886)
Volume 6 (Bottomley to
Browell; 1886)
Volume 7 (Brown to
Burthogge; 1886)
Volume 8 (Burton to
Cantwell; 1886)
Volume 9 (Canute to Chaloner;
1887)
Volume 10 (Chamber to Clarkson;
1887)
Volume 11 (Clater to
Condell; 1887)
Volume 12 (Conder to
Craigie; 1887)
Volume 13 (Craik to Damer;
1888)
Volume 14 (Damon to
D'Eyncourt; 1888)
Volume 15 (Diamond to
Drake; 1888)
Volume 16 (Drant to Edridge;
1888)
Volume 17 (Edward to Erskine;
1889)
Volume 18 (Esdaile to Finan;
1889)
Volume 19 (Finch to Forman;
1889)
Volume 20 (Forest to
Garner; 1889)
Volume 21 (Garnett to Gloucester; 1890)
Volume 22 (Glover to Gravet; 1890)
Volume 23 (Gray to Haighton; 1890)
Volume 24 (Hailes to Harriott; 1890)
Volume 25 (Harris to Henry I; 1891)
Volume 26 (Henry II to Hindley; 1891)
Volume 27 (Hindmarsh to Hovenden; 1891)
Volume 28 (Howard to Inglethorp; 1891)
Volume 29 (Inglis to John; 1892)
Volume 30 (Johnes to Kenneth; 1892)
Volume 31 (Kennett-Lambart; 1892)
Volume 32 (Lambre to Leigh; 1892)
Volume 33 (Leighton to Lluelyn; 1893)
Volume 34 (Llwyd to MacCartney; 1893)
Volume 35 (MacCarwell to Maltby; 1893)
Volume 36 (Malthus to Mason; 1893)
Volume 37 (Masquerier to Millyng; 1894)
Volume 38 (Milman to More; 1894)
Volume 39 (Morehead to Myles; 1894)
Volume 40 (Myllar to Nichols; 1894)
Volume 41 (Nichols to O'Dugan; 1895)
Volume 42 (O'Duinn to Owen; 1895)
Volume 43 (Owens to Passelewe; 1895)
Volume 44 (Paston to Percy; 1895)
Volume 45 (Pareira to Pochrich; 1896)
Volume 46 (Pockock to Puckering; 1896)
Volume 47 (Puckle to Reidfurd; 1896)
Volume 48 (Reily to Robins; 1896)
Volume 49 (Robinson to Russell; 1897)
Volume 50 (Russen to Scobell; 1897)
Volume 51 (Scoffin to Sheares; 1897)
Volume 52 (Shearman to Smirke; 1897)
Volume 53 (Smith to Stranger; 1898)
Volume 54 (Stanhope to Stovin; 1898)
Volume 55 (Stow to Taylor; 1898)
Volume 56 (Teach to Tollet; 1898)
Volume 57 (Tom to Tytler; 1899)
Volume 58 (Ubaldini to Wakefield; 1899)
Volume 59 (Wakeman to Watkins; 1899)
Volume 60 (Watson to Whewell; 1899)
Volume 61 (Whichcord to Williams; 1900)
Volume 62 (Williamson to Worden; 1900)
Volume 63 (Wordsworth to Zuylestein; 1900)
Supplementary volumes for the first edition
Supplement Volume 1 (Abbott to Childers; 1901)
Supplement Volume 2 (Chippendale to Hoste; 1901)
Supplement Volume 3 (How to Woodward; 1901)
Index and Epitome (1903)
Errata (1904) |
