Chambers biographical dictionary.

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Chambers Harrap, 2011.Edition: 9th ed. / editor, Liam Rodger ; introduction and notes by Joan BakewellDescription: xiii, 1663 p. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780550106933 (hbk.)
0550106936 (hbk.)

Other title:

Biographical dictionary

Subject(s):

Biography -- Dictionaries

DDC classification:

920.0222 CHA

Summary: Contains over 18,000 alphabetically arranged articles that provide biographical information about individuals who have made significant contributions to sports, science, the arts, politics, and other areas of endeavor; covering a period that ranges from thousands of years before Christ, through the early twenty-first century.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Clonmel Library Reference	920.0222 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Library Use Only		39002100443085
Reference	Thurles Library Reference	920.0222 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Library Use Only		39002100443291

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What is the Chambers Biographical Dictionary ?

All the people who matter in one handy and endlessly browsable book
Packed with over 18,000 biographies, Chambers Biographical Dictionary offers concise, authoritative and fascinating entries on all the people you'll ever need to know about. The most comprehensive and readable single-volume biographical dictionary available.

- Discover kings, queens, crooks, criminals, politicians, bankers and everyone in between.
- Check up on great achievements and great failures.
- Find out who did what to whom.
- Thousands of suggestions for further reading.
- Contains more biographies than any other reference work of its type.
- International and historical coverage of all areas of human achievement
including the arts, science, technology, sport, politics, philosophy and business.
- Meticulously researched and expertly written.

Updated Edition
First published in 1897, Chambers Biographical Dictionary is a unique reference work which packs a huge amount of information between its covers. The ninth edition has been thoroughly updated and remains wide-ranging and international in scope, offering concise, authoritative and illuminating entries on individuals from Alexander the Great to Frank Zappa, and from Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden.

Previous edition: 2007.

Contains over 18,000 alphabetically arranged articles that provide biographical information about individuals who have made significant contributions to sports, science, the arts, politics, and other areas of endeavor; covering a period that ranges from thousands of years before Christ, through the early twenty-first century.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Chambers is one of the world`s most respected dictionary publishers, appealing particularly to word lovers and those who revel in all the quirks of the English language. Its extensive list of innovative and completely reliable language and reference titles covers English-language dictionaries, thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, crosswords, puzzles and games and specialist titles on subjects such as biography, quotations, literary characters, science and technology and world history. Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers range has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century.