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Located at 9200 113th St North - Seminole, FL 33772 - (727) 394-6905 |
Seminole Library's Online Guide to Biographical Information |
| Biographical
Sites for Inventors
National Inventors Hall of Fame. Biographies (with portraits) of the members can be located by name or by invention. This Mining Company site has biographies of inventors, stories of well known (and not so well known) inventions, articles and other invention and inventor related resources. Has links for women inventors, patent attorneys and young inventors. People and Discoveries. Brief biographies of more than 40 of the Twentieth Century's most significant inventors and scientists.
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| General
Biographical Sources
A & E's Biography's web site offers brief and basic biographical information for over 20,000 of history's most famous people. Virtual Reference Desk's biography section now lists 39 biographical web sites ranging from Roman emperors to rock stars. People of Past and Present 1 A set of individual and collective biographical resources recommended for children from kindergarten through junior high school by the American Library Association. You can also find information here on world history and culture. Lives, the Biography Resource. Asserts to be the largest guide to biographical information on the web. Has several special collections as well as links to individual biographical sources. Includes resources on biographical criticism. The Star Archive. Addresses and information for over 6000 celebrities. ABC News Newsmarker Bios. Part of ABC News's Reference web site this link provides brief biographical data (including date of birth, education or background and a phogotgaph) for selected figures in the news. The Top 50 Floridians of the 20th Century. Complied by the Lakeland Ledger biographies of 50 native and resident Floridians who made a major impact on the politics, art, culture, sports and economic life this state and the nation.
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| Famous Women
Distinguished Women of Past and Present Short biographies indexed by field of activity and alphabetically. There is also a link a number of related site on woman's history and biographies of women. |
| Political
Biographies
American Presidency - Feature articles from Grolier Online An excellent set of sources taken from Grolier's major publications (New Book of Knowledge, Academic American and Encyclopedia Americana) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 to present. Brief biographical information for all 13,000 men and women who have served in Congress. Biographies of the Founding Fathers. The biographies are scanned from two 19th century sources, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. Published in 1829 and The United States Manual of Biography and History, by James V. Marshall, published in 1856. The biographies are divided among Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Signers of the Articles of Confederation and Signers of the Constitition.. |
| Biographies
of Religious Figures
Catholic Saints - FAQs about saints & sainthood, patron saints, saints' days, etc. Also information about angels. Complete List of Popes - Chronological listing of the Roman Catholic Popes, with links to biographies. This a miniature history of the Catholic Church with each biography leading to the next. |
| Biographies of Scientists
and Mathematicians
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive This site has a number of useful sources. It includes history of various mathematical topics and an extensive collection of mathematical biographies. The biographies are indexed alphabetically and chronologically. Each biography includes dates of birth and death, a portrait, a concise account of the mathematician's life and career, and links to further information. (See also History of Science in the history section of the Virtual Seminole Library) SACNAS Biography Project. Capsule biographies of contemporary scientists from minority groups Biography Project Resources. A directory of scientific biographical web sites |
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Composer Biographies. A somewhat more limited selection of composers, but includes most of the better known. Classic Composers' Archive. Allows searching by nationality and time period as well as by name. Probably best viewed with the most up to date versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape (versions 4.0 or higher) ClassicNet Reference. Databases of composer biographies, biographies of performing artists and musical instruments. |