Biographies

See also: African American Biographies

Web Sites

These biography sites and collections should provide you with ideas for doing your next biographical research project.

• Academy of American Poets
  You can find a poet (or a poem) on this website. Biographies of major contemporary poets
• Achiever Gallery
  From the Academy of Achievement. Biographies of "extraordinary individuals who have shaped the twentieth century".
• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
  This Digital Library project from the New York Public Library includes a digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers.
• Anthropology Biography Web
  This biography web has been developed by the anthropology students at Minnesota State University, Mankato as a part of their EMuseum. It contains brief descriptions of anthropologists and other scientists that have a direct influence on the discipline of anthropology.
• Biography.com
  Over 25,000 brief entries from the Crystal Reference 2004, Courtesy of A&E Television Networks.
• Conversations with History
  Learn about contemporary newsmakers throughout the world in these personal interviews by the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. View Interviews by Guest Name.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
  very brief interlinked notations on huge number of scientists
• First Ladies of the United States
  Information from the White House on all the Presidents' wives.
• GLBTQ.com: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Encyclopedia
  This encyclopedia has biographical information on many historically important figures in the Arts and Literature.
• InfoPlease Almanac: Biography
  Browse alphabetically or by category.
• Inventor of the Week
  A weekly profile of an inventor, with information about his or her education and what he/she invented from the Lemelson-MIT Program.
• Inventors Hall of Fame
  Online biographies of many famous inventors in America from the Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio. You can browse an alphabetical list.
• Mathematicians
  Over 1100 biographies from the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
• Movies: Internet Movie Database Name Search
  search the Internet Movie Database for information on anyone in the movies: Movie Actors, Actresses, Directors, Crews
• National Women's Hall of Fame
  http://www.greatwomen.org/
  Located in Senaca Halls, New York, the National Women's Hall of Fame provides an extensive online collection of biographies of notable women.
• The Nobel Prize
  http://nobelprize.org/
  Information on the Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics.
• "The Revolutionaries: On Turning Inspiration into Innovation in Silicon Valley."
  http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/
  From The Tech Museum of Innovation and San Jose Mercury News. A new look at the inspiration behind more than 18 of Silicon Valley's top technology and science pioneers - the innovators' early interests in science, guidance for young people excited by technology today, and thoughts on the future.
• Time Magazine: Time 100
  http://www.time.com/time/time100/
  Each year, Time profiles 100 remarkable people
• Famous Canadians
  This collection of links to Canadian biographies is from the Community Learning Network.
• Canadians, Memorable
  Biographical information about many Canadians from the National Library of Canada.
• Canadian Poets
  A collection put together by the University of Toronto English library with information on Biography, Poems, Writing Philosophy, Published Works, and Other Information.
• Galileo Project: Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
  This catalog is a collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries with vital facts about each individual and their contributions to science.
• Great Canadian Scientists
  A project from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
• Well Known People Who Happen to be Canadian
  The entertainment industry makes up the bulk of these links but there are also authors, business people, and scientists.
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
  A government website that contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have 'made their mark' on this country but does not include people who are alive. It is directed particularly towards the New Zealand schools.

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Pittsburgh Region

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Black History Month: Kids' Corner
  A series of short biographies on Black Americans for February 1998, including some Pittsburghers.
• Rachel Carson
  The ecologist whose 1962 book Silent Spring launched the modern environmental movement.
• Pennsylvania Governors
  Learn a little about all of Pennsylvania's governors at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission website.