Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Biographies index


Related Topics

In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Multnomah County Library Homework Center - Biographies - Homework Center - Multnomah County Library
Biography, profile and an interview with Oprah Winfrey, from her childhood to her success in television.
Brief biography of Kublai Khan, "Mongol emperor and founder of the Yüan dynasty of China".
Biography of Myra Maybelle Shirley, adventuress associated with the James boys and the Youngers.
www.multcolib.org /homework/biohc.html   (5648 words)

  
 Biographies
Jazz - Biographies -- From PBS, biographies from the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Congresswomen's Biographies -- Brief biography of all women who have served or are currently serving in the House of Representatives.
Indexes of Biographies -- From the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archives.
www.garlic.com /~kpranger/bios.htm   (558 words)

  
 Biographies - Research - Multnomah County Library
Several biographies are featured each day in the "Today's Birthday" section, plus you can look up people born on your birthday or another day of the year.
They give general information on the artist including dates, biographies, methods and subjects for which they are best known, a bibliography, and in some cases, images of their works.
Biographies of 19th-century fl women writers, produced by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
www.multcolib.org /ref/biog.html   (1106 words)

  
 Biographies
A short biography of Reginald Lewis, who was chairman of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, the nation's largest fl-owned business, with revenues of more than $1 billion.
Biography of Sarah Breedlove, aka Madame C. Walker, inventor and businesswoman.
Alphabetical, chronological or geographical indexes of painters whose art was chosen from eighteen national museums in France.
www.ba.k12.ok.us /schools/ecm/m/biograph.htm   (2885 words)

  
 The Math Forum - Math Library - History/Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
There is also an index of female mathematicians, and a full alphabetical index.
Also biographies of some seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians, taken from A short account of the history of mathematics (4th edition, 1908) by W. Rouse Ball, and Mathematical papers and other material relating to certain mathematicians and philosophers, including Hamilton, Berkeley, Boole, Cantor and Newton.
Biographies are cross-referenced to articles on the development of mathematical ideas and MacTutor also cross-references stacks in Calculus, Geometry, Algebra (in particular Group Theory), Graph Theory, Number Theory, History of Mathematics, Statistics, Matrices, and Complex Analysis.
mathforum.org /library/topics/history   (3090 words)

  
 North Dakota Biography Index, Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo
The North Dakota Biography Index (NDBI) is the best place to begin a search for information about North Dakotans, both living and deceased.
The beginning of NDBI was a unique card file index to published biographies found in 314 publications that was compiled by Allen Petersen of Fargo, N.D. and acquired by the Institute for Regional Studies in 1980.
You can obtain copies of the biographies found through the index by contacting the Institute via e-mail (archives@www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu) or regular mail.
www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu /ndirs/bio&genealogy/ndbioindex.html   (615 words)

  
 Biographies
People reading the biography can satisfy their curiosity about well-known individuals and can experience historical events as though they were actually present.
A good biography presents the facts about the person's life including what the subject did and how they influenced their world.
Most biographies are interpretive; they not only present the facts but also tell what those facts mean.
www.42explore2.com /biographies.htm   (1092 words)

  
 Vigo County, Indiana Biographies Project
This project is attempting to collect biographies of those hardy pioneers.
Biographies can be full of historical information as well.
Here is a little description of Terre Haute written in a biography, which you can find in its entirety in the Vigo County Biographies Index under Yeager.
www.geocities.com /vigobios   (522 words)

  
 Other Related Biographies Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
To permit a fuller understanding, I've included capsule biographies of many of them here.
As you go through the text on this site, names that are linked will bring you to these biographies as well.
Due to the copyright infringements perpetrated by these low-lifes, no further biographies are contemplated to be added at this time.
www.bufordsboys.com /OtherBiographies.htm   (148 words)

  
 Biographies
Use biography maker to write your biography assignment.
Click on Exhibit Hall to find biographies of famous physicists such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and others.
Gives history of the prize, background of areas of the awards and biographies of the laureates in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics.
www.edselect.com /biographies.htm   (626 words)

  
 California County Biographies
This is the master index to the indexes of the county biographies and histories which are currently listed in the California GenWeb.
If you would like to contribute copies of the index or table of biographies for the biographical listings from any book that is not currently listed here which covers California, or any portion thereof, please contact me.
If you would like to contribute a copy of the actual printed biography for purposes of creating a virtual library of the various works then send a copy of the text with the citation to the source to me.
www.cagenweb.com /cpl/cpl_bio.htm   (2923 words)

  
 [No title]
This guide lists sources that provide this type of information or that direct you to other print or electronic sources where biographies may be found.
Covers important people from all periods and all countries and is one of the best places to start biographical research, especially on contemporary people and recently published material.
A comprehensive index to more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
www.southwestern.edu /library/authorbiographies.html   (871 words)

  
 Research Section: Biographies Index
A massive biography of one the greatest generals fighting for Russia.
This article is based on a chapter from a new biography of Marshal Macdonald which the author hopes to have published very soon.
A biography of the marshal who was wounded more times than any of the others, but still lived to be 80 years old!
www.napoleon-series.org /research/c_biographies.html   (1143 words)

  
 Local History | Biography Index
Many Wisconsin biographies contain valuable genealogical information and can be found in county and area histories and other publications.
They may have been published before vital records were required to be kept by the state and may contain valuable clues for research not found anywhere else.
This index, compiled by Cheryl Janke, is intended to direct researchers to biographies in various older county histories.
www.eauclaire.lib.wi.us /community/add_hist/biographyindex.cfm   (147 words)

  
 CAMEL-Women-Biographies
Many biographies of women mathematicians may be found at the extensive History of Mathematics collection, at St Andrews University, Scotland.
A few biographies of women mathematicians have been published in mathNEWS, the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics student newspaper.
For a print listing, see Biographies of Women Mathematical Scientists and History of Women in Mathematical Sciences from the Women in Math Project (directed by Marie Vitulli).
camel.math.ca /Women/BIOG/Biographies.html   (298 words)

  
 Biographies of computer pioneers A-J
This index mentions most of the computer pioneers and their inventions, or other important people in computers or computing industry.
Due to the length of the index we have cut the index into two parts: [A-J] and [K-Z] you can navigate through both parts via the alphabet icon (see below) from both pages; they have identical mappings.
In case you are not satisfied with your or any biography please mail the editors to inform them on omissions and short comings.
www.thocp.net /biographies/biographies.htm   (1563 words)

  
 Vocational Biographies: Real Life Career Stories
Our biographies track workers from their school experiences through their current jobs and lifestyles.
In addition, 875 biographies are available in various print versions, from individual stories to bound volumes.
The biographies are the career-success stories of real people from across the U.S. Each is nearly 3,000 words, packed with research information, yet written in easy-to-read newspaper style.
www.vocbio.com   (118 words)

  
 Indiana Biographies
In May of 1997, this project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the established KY Biographies Project as a model.
If you have biographies you would like to donate for Brown County please contact me, Deb Murray.
Alphabetical index of all biographies on-line for the Indiana Biographies Project.
members.tripod.com /~debmurray/kosciusko/kosbios.htm   (265 words)

  
 Biographies index
Samuel McColloch by Richard S. Kline and Alan Cooper, a three part newspaper biography from 1977.
Biographies from History of the Upper Ohio Valley, 1890 thanks to WAGS
Biographies from a number of collections thanks to WAGS
wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us /people/others/index.htm   (733 words)

  
 Ready Reference: Biographies
A "biographical search-engine, which indexes more than 2500 biographies, in English, French and soon Spanish"--Supplied by vendor.
Quotes and biographies from famous figures past and present, with pictures of some of those figures.
The site includes links to lives of individuals, arranged alphabetically and links to biographies of people sharing a common profession, geography, or historical era, as well as general collections, special collections, and critical biography.
www.itcompany.com /inforetriever/biog.htm   (408 words)

  
 Oregon History ProjectOregon Biographies Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Learn about the circumstances that inspired Abigail Scott Duniway to fight for women’s voting rights in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries and why her brother, Harvey Scott (Oregonian editor from 1865-1910) disagreed so vehemently with his sister.
Take a trip back to WWII and get a glimpse of the life of Minoru Yasui, who suffered immeasurable hardships when he was relocated from his home in Hood River to a Japanese internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The OHP is designed to aid all who are interested in Oregon history, but is especially built for use by teachers and students.
www.ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-index.cfm   (316 words)

  
 IGCS - Biographies (China WWW VL - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies)
Last updated in December 2001 (as of June 2003), the database contains some 3500 biographies on people almost exclusively born between 1890 and the early twentieth century.
Index and Database on Chinese Writers (Renditions, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
The site includes his detailed biography and several of his essays and articles.
sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de /igcs/igbio.htm   (2207 words)

  
 Western Michigan Genealogical Society - A genealogy society in west Michigan especially Kent County and the surrounding ...
If the biography includes a photograph, a scan of the photograph (computer file.tif or.jpg format) will be included at no additional fee.
Most of the biographies are about a page in length and usually include information on the subject's parents and place of origin.
To be sure the biography is the person you are interested in, inquiries will be answered by sending an email to wmgs@wmgs.org.
www.wmgs.org /research/biography_index_.htm   (1171 words)

  
 Biographies
Brief Biographies of American Architects Who Died between 1897 and 1947
SACNAS Biography Project: Profiles of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists
Biographies: Life and Times of the Great Ones: PBS Jazz
www.libraries.psu.edu /gateway/referenceshelf/bio.htm   (457 words)

  
 Morgan County, Indiana Biographies Index
There are no biographies that begin with I. George Andrew Jackson
There are no biographies that begin with X
If you would like to volunteer to be a county coordinator, please contact Deb Murray Indiana State Coordinator, Indiana Biographies Project.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Meadows/8056/mcinbioindex.html   (118 words)

  
 Index of Biographies, Darke Co., Ohio
Biographies, Darke Co., OH Also see new DCOWeb
where many of these biographies are being moved.
George W. James MILLS (in biography of Col. Putnam)
www.calweb.com /~wally/darke/biogs.htm   (97 words)

  
 Titan Biographies: Complete Index
The complete index for the provers, programs and projects involved in the search for the largest known primes.
These pages list the number of primes each one has had on the list of the largest known primes, along with thier current number, score and rank.
Prover Index: * A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
primes.utm.edu /bios/index.php   (87 words)

  
 Oxygen Directory: Computers > History > Pioneers
Biographies of some computer pioneers (you may have to click on the"biographies" link or page down to get to them).
Commentary on Bush's classic 1945 article 'As We May Think', which many view as the first clear description of hypermedia; by a class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Biography of an African American inventor, a pioneer in computing and the Internet.
www.oxygen.ro /Top/Computers/History/Pioneers   (296 words)

  
 Biographies Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1923 biographies with wonderful fl and white portraits of prominent men on 9" x 11" pages.
Published in 1898.  More than 400 indexed names, thousands of family members listed in these biographies. 
58 biographies entered - more on the way.
www.genealogyfinder.com /Biographies/BiographiesIndex.html   (371 words)

  
 Indiana Biographies
If you have biographies you would like to donate for La Grange County please contact me, Deb Murray.
Index to all LaGrange County Biographies A - J
A listing of people who have volunteered their time to get these biographies on-line.
members.tripod.com /~debmurray/lagrange/lgbios.htm   (334 words)

  
 Index to Palestinian biographies
This index to the collected set of modern Palestinian biographies may assist as a research tool.
Commonly used Anglicised spellings of names are listed to assist searches and for convenience of reference.
Salah Zaydan (Saleh Zaydan, Saleh Zeidan, Salah Zeidan) - biography forthcoming
middleeastreference.org.uk /indexbio.html   (956 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.