LibGuides: Quick Reference Sources: Biographical

Biographical

General

A biography is a written account of another person's life.

Academy of Achievement
The Academy of Achievement brings students face-to-face with the extraordinary leaders, the visionaries and the pioneers who have helped shape our world.
Biographies (Infoplease)
Part of the large Infoplease.com site, this boasts over 30,000 biographies of historical and contemporary figures. Search by name or one of the categories.
Biography.com
Offical site of A&E's Biography television series. Includes the searchble text of 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.
Biography Center
A searchable biographical directory of famous/infamous people. You can browse by category, alphabetical order, highest rated or by most popular.
CMG Worldwide
Biographical and professional information (awards, filmographies, etc.) about clients of this agent for many sports figures and entertainers.

Historic Figures

Historic Figures (BBC)
Brief biographies about more than 300 "movers and shakers of history." (Archived page.)

U.S. Presidents

American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)
Part biography and part travelogue, this site profiles the personal and public lives of each of the U. S. presidents.
Presidents (The White House Website)
Learn about the presidents of the United States of America.

Science & Technology

Echo (Exploring and Collecting History Online)
ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) is a directory to 5,000+ websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry.
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
An electronic encyclopedia of biographies from the world of science. Includes all the major figures in science with references for further reading.
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.

Women

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways.
First Ladies (The White House Website)
Learn about the First Ladies
Women's Legal History
Hundreds of biographies of pioneering women lawyers practicing in the late 1800s through the end of the 20th century.