Living and dead in all fields, must be very famous to get in, spans time and cultures. Articles are generally rather short and not terribly indepth. Subjects are chosen for representativeness rather than over all-inclusiveness. Contains many illustrations, photos of people when available, portraits of others. Not all illustrations are of the people, some of places or objects related to the people.
Plates are of works done by subjects.
Designed like a dictionary, alphabetical with pronunciations. No graphics, index or references. Notable living people from the world. Notable is mostly determined by highly ranked in subjects area, mostly government also includes businesses, universities, associations, religious affiliations, and award winners such as Nobel and Pulitzer, Academy Award, and Tony Awards.