Most entries are short. Seventeen volumes plus supplement. Contains long discussions of lives of important people, with illustrations. Covers 40,000 individuals. Most listings very brief.
Special tables give historical lists of kings, popes, presidents, and more.
Contains biographies of 558 individuals. For inclusion, a person must have been alive after 1968. Covers from early historic times to the 1970s. Portraits and other illustrations. A reference work on Hispanics in the United States.