The Dictionary of national biography
Subtitle: from the earliest times to 1900. Vol. 6
By: founded in 1882 by George Smith; edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee
Contributors: Blake, Robert, 1916-2003; Nicholls, C. S. (Christine Stephanie)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1921
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Dictionaries; Biography; Bio-bibliography
Other titles: D.N.B.
Notes: Vol. 1-22 first published 1885-1901, in 66 volumes; first issued in a 22 vol. corrected edition in 1908-1909; reprinted in 1921-1922 and again in 1937-1938 with minor changes in indexes and new composite lists of contributors. Vol. 23 first published in 1912, reprinted 1939.

Vol. 22 includes 1st supplement.

Vol. 23-29 consist of supplements covering January 1901-1970, each containing a cumulative alphabetical index.

"Errors have as far as possible been corrected, and some of the bibliographies have been revised, but otherwise the text remains unaltered"--Publisher's note, v.1 of the 1908 issue (of which the 1921 and 1937 issues are reprints).

"Memoir of George Smith", the proprietor and publisher of the Dictionary: v.1, p. [xxi]-lix.

Set includes earlier editions of some volumes.

Vol. 30 (1971-1980) edited by Lord Blake and C.S. Nicholls, with an index covering the years 1901-1980 in one alphabetical series.

Mode of access: Internet.