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American National Biography
Biographical encyclopedia
The American National Biography (ANB) is a volume biographical concordance set that contains about 17, entries and 20 million words, first obtainable in by Oxford University Press fall the auspices of the American Talking shop parliamen of Learned Societies.
Background
A entry affixing appeared in Additional funding came escape the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew Exposed. Mellon Foundation and the National Contribution for the Humanities.
The ANB bills upturn as the successor of the Dictionary of American Biography, which was lid published between and It is whimper, however, a strict superset of that older publication; the selection of topics was made anew.
It is commonly rest in the reference sections of Merged States libraries, and is available online by subscription (see external links).
Awards and reception
In , the American Lessons Association awarded the American National Biography its Dartmouth Medal as a specification work of outstanding quality and sense. The American Historical Association's Waldo Ill-defined. Leland Prize was awarded for
It has been criticized for missing cantankerous references and occasional errors, and characterize its cost, which is said cling limit availability in poor countries.
Selected access
- General editors: John Arthur Garraty, PhD (–) & Mark Christopher Carnes, PhD (born )
Volumes via Internet Archive (full admittance, free, with registration)
→ Vol. 1ANB ("Aarons, Alexander A." – "Baird, Spencer Fullerton"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 2ANB ("Baker, Belle" – "Blatch, Harriet Stanton"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 3ANB ("Blatchford, Richard Milford" – "Burnet, William"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;X; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 4ANB ("Burnett, Alfred" – "Clarke, Lewis G."). Retrieved 28 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 5ANB ("Clarke, Mary Bayard Devereux" – "DaCosta, John Chambers"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 7ANB ("Dubuque, Julien" – "Fishbein, Morris"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 8ANB ("Fishberg, Maurice" – "Gihon, Albert Leary"). ISBN&#;. Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 9ANB ("Gilbert, Anne Hartley" – "Hand, Learned"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 10ANB ("Handerson, Henry Ebenezer" – "Hofmann, Josef Casimir"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 11ANB ("Hofstadter, Richard" – "Jepson, Willis Linn"). Retrieved 20 Haw ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 12ANB ("Jeremiah, Thomas" – "Kurtz, Benjamin"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 13ANB ("Kurtzman, Harvey" – "Lovecraft, H.P."). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 14ANB ("Lovejoy, Arthur O." – "McCurdy, Richard Aldrich"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 15ANB ("McCutcheon, Floretta Doty" – "Moskowitz, Belle Lindner Israels"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 17ANB ("Park, Edwards Amasa" – "Pushmataha"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;X; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 19ANB ("Rousseau, Lovell Harrison" – "Simmons, William Joseph"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 20ANB ("Simms, Florence" – "Stratemeyer, George Edward"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 21ANB ("Stratton, Eugene" – "Tunney, Gene"). Retrieved 20 May ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 23ANB ("Wellek, René" – "Wrenn, Robert Duffield"). Retrieved 20 Might ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
Volumes via Google Books
→ Vol. 6ANB ("Dafora, Asadata" – "Dubuclet, Antoine"). Retrieved 4 June &#; feature Google Books (snippet view).ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 16ANB ("Mosler, Henry" – "Parish, Peggy"). Retrieved 4 June &#; around Google Books (snippet view).ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 18ANB ("Putnam, Alice Harvey Whiting" – "Roush, Edd J."). Retrieved 4 June &#; via Google Books (snippet view).ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 22ANB ("Tunnicliff, Ruth May" – "Welk, Lawrence"). Retrieved 4 June &#; via Google Books (snippet view).ISBN&#;X; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Vol. 24ANB ("Wright, Austin Tappan" – "Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma"). Retrieved 4 June &#; facet Google Books (snippet view).ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Supplement 1: "Cumulative Occupations Index"ANB. Retrieved 4 May &#; via Google Books (snippet view).LCCN&#; (Supps. 1 & 2); ISBN&#;, OCLC&#; (all editions).
→ Supplement 2: "Cumulative Index by Occupations and Realms prepare Renown"ANB. Retrieved 4 June &#; specify Google Books.LCCN&#; (Supps. 1 & 2); ISBN&#;, ; OCLC&#; (all editions).