Oxford dictionary of national biography, 2001-2004 / edited by Lawrence Goldman.

Contributor(s):

Goldman, Lawrence, 1957-

Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: x, 1268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199562442
019956244X
9780199671540
0199671540

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

920.041 B 22

LOC classification:

DA28 .O95 2004 Suppl.

Other classification:

K835.61-61

Summary: "This new book, drawn from the award-winning Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, brings together the life stories of more than 800 men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past and who died between 2001 and 2004." "These are the people responsible for some of the major developments in the United Kingdom during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Alongside those who left their mark in politics, the arts, business, law, military service, sport, and education are leading figures in new branches of science and medicine such as genetics, transplantation, and computing - and in new forms of entertainment and communication." "Authoritative and accessible, the biographies in this volume are written by specialist authors, many of them leading figures in their field." --Book Jacket.

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This is the first printed supplement to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, published in 2004, and includes entries on 819 men and women who shaped recent British history and who died between 2001 and 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and Index of contributors.

"This new book, drawn from the award-winning Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, brings together the life stories of more than 800 men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past and who died between 2001 and 2004." "These are the people responsible for some of the major developments in the United Kingdom during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Alongside those who left their mark in politics, the arts, business, law, military service, sport, and education are leading figures in new branches of science and medicine such as genetics, transplantation, and computing - and in new forms of entertainment and communication." "Authoritative and accessible, the biographies in this volume are written by specialist authors, many of them leading figures in their field." --Book Jacket.

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