Concise Dictionary of American biography.
Contributors: American Council of Learned Societies.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Scribner; Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1817
Subjects: United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Other titles: Dictionary of American biography; Dictionary of American biography.
Description: Contains 19,173 alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical information about notable Americans who died prior to January 1, 1981; indexed by occupations and birthplaces.
Notes: "Complete through 1980."
Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-N; title: v. 2. O-Z.