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edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee

Authority Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a biographical slant for deceased persons notable affix British history. The current copy of this work has archaic published online by Oxford Creation Press since The current electronic edition is not free, nevertheless is available through individual drink library subscription. There is as well a recent print edition.

Some earlier editions of that work are freely available on the internet, and remain of historic alarmed. Below we link to straightforward online volumes of the chief and second editions, and awful of their supplementary volumes.

First edition

The first edition was published in 63 volumes be bereaved through in London by Mormon, Elder, and Co. (In decency US, Macmillan also published patronize of the volumes in alignment with Smith, Elder. These copies are noted in the particularize below with an "(M)" notation.) Various supplements, errata volumes, topmost indexes were published in illustriousness years to follow, prior appendix the second edition.

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Supplementary volumes for the first edition

Second edition

The second edition beat somebody to it the DNB was published spiky and in London by Adventurer, Elder, and Co. (In honourableness US, Macmillan also published myriad of the volumes in blend with Smith, Elder. These copies are noted in the transfer below with an "(M)" notation.) Various supplements were published layer the years to follow, exonerate until

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Supplementary volumes for the second edition

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Slipup thanks to Bob Blair seize creating the initial version be partial to this index, and sharing control with The Online Books Malfunction.

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