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    Dictionary of American Biography

    Reference work

    Not to be confused with the Dictionary of American Biography compiled bygd Francis Samuel Drake, later incorporated in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.

    The Dictionary of American Biography (DAB) was a multi-volume dictionary published in New York City by Charles Scribner's Sons beneath the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

    History

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    The dictionary was first proposed to the Council in 1920 by historian Frederick Jackson Turner.[1] The first edition was published in 20 volumes from 1928 to 1936, appearing at a rate of two or three volumes per year. These 20 volumes contained 15,000 biographies.[2] In 1946, the 20 volumes were released as a ten-volume set, with each of the ten volumes divided into two parts (Part 1 and Part 2) corresponding to two volumes of the first edition combined into one, the page numbering of the first edition being retained.

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    American National Biography

    Biographical encyclopedia

    The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

    Background

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    A 400-entry supplement appeared in 2002. Additional funding came from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    The ANB bills itself as the successor of the Dictionary of American Biography, which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is not, however, a strict superset of this older publication; the selection of topics was made anew.

    It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries, and is available online by subscription (see external links).

    Awards and reception

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    In 1999, the American Library Association awarded the American Nat

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    Dictionary of American biography

    22 volumes ; 26 cm

    Collection of primary documents, secondary reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day. The DAB records the lives of prominent Americans who died by Dec. 31, 1980

    "No living persons ... have biographies in the Dictionary ... [and] no persons who ... [have] not lived in the territory now known as the United States."

    The original 20 vols. were issued 1928-36. Vols. 21 and 22 consist of Supplement one, to Dec. 31, 1935, and Supplement two, to Dec. 31, 1940, issued in 1944 and 1958 respectively

    v. 1. Abbe-Barrymore.--v. 2. Barsotti-Brazer.--v. 3. Brearly-Chandler.--v. 4. Chanfrau-Cushing.--v. 5. Cushman-Eberle.--v. 6. Echols-Fraser.--v. 7. Fraunces-Grimké.--v. 8. Grinnell-Hibbard.--v. 9. Hibben-Jarvis.--v. 10. Jasper-Larkin.--v. 11. Larned-MacCracken.--v. 12. McCrady-Millington.--v. 13. Mills-Oglesby.--v. 14. Oglethorpe-Platner.--v. 15. Platt-Roberdeau.--