Changing Conceptions of National Biography
Subtitle: The Oxford DNB in Historical Perspective
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780521671187
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; British & Irish history; World history; History and criticism; Europe - Ireland; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; World - General; History: World; Ireland; Books & Reading; History / World; Dictionary of national biography; Biography; Great Britain; Oxford University Press
First sentence: Sir Leslie Stephen was the founding editor of the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) and this is not the first of the lectures commemorating his name to be concerned with that great enterprise.