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| Title | The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.. Volume 32 of The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Alexander Chalmers |
| Contributors | John Nichols, Nichols, Son, and Bentley |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jan 8, 2007 |
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