Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 8

Frank Northen Magill, Christina J. Moose, Alison Aves

Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Jan 1, 1998 - Reference - 9 pages

Concise biographical information on outstanding people from the ancient world to current times, providing a look at their early life, life's work, and summary of achievements; v. I: The ancient world; v. II: The middle ages; v. III: The Renaissance; v. IV: The 17th & 18 Centuries.

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Contents

• List of Entrants: xi
• Gandhi Mahatma 1282: xii
• Aalto Alvar 1: xv
• Brando Marlon 424: 1398
• Godkin Edwin Lawrence: 1400
• de Gaulle Charles866: 1415
• Brecht Bertolt 444: 1423
• Gore Albert: 1431
• Graham Billy: 1447
• Grass Giinter: 1463
• W: 1478
• Guevara Che: 1494
• Haber Fritz: 1509
• Halide EdibAdivar: 1522
• Hamsun Knut: 1537
• Harding Warren G: 1550
• Hart Lorenz: 1566
• Hawking Stephen W: 1580
• Hayslip Le Ly: 1593
• Earhart Amelia 992: 1596
• Heath Edward: 1606
• The Twentieth Century GoN: 1610
• Bridgman Percy Williams 463: 1618
• Hellman Lillian: 1620
• Henze Hans Werner: 1633
• Albright Madeleine 49: 1637
• Hertz Gustav: 1647
• Armstrong Louis 105: 1652
• Hillary Sir Edmund: 1662
• Hirohito: 1678
• Hitler Adolf: 1692
• Moniz António 1023: 1706
• Hobhouse Leonard T: 1707
• Baeck Leo 148: 1761
• Eisenstein Sergei 1047: 1763
• Brunner Emil 475: 1786
• Fahd 1115: 1791
• Falla Manuel de 1127: 1846
• Barber Samuel 191: 1877
• Buber Martin 483: 1902
• Calder Alexander 538: 1994
• Forster E M 1193: 2013
• Casals Pablo 606: 2033
• Christie Agatha 683: 2189
• Franco Francisco 1200: 2613

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 8; Dictionary of World Biography, Frank Northen Magill; Volume 8 of Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century, Frank Northen Magill
• Editors: Frank Northen Magill, Christina J. Moose, Alison Aves
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998
• ISBN: 0893563226, 9780893563226
• Length: 9 pages
• Subjects: Reference / Dictionaries