It is a collected biographies which are limited to particularcountires or regions, have smaller geographical parameters than the general collected biograohies. They are most likely to be useful when one is not neccessary universally famous. People who have made a particular contribution in a certain coutnry or region are listed in it.
Fangmeng Tian has written: 'Zhejiang ren ping shen me' -- subject(s): Biography, Chinese National characteristics, National characteristics, Chinese, Social life and customs
Sergio Osvaldo Avedano has written: 'Los cordobitas' -- subject(s): Anecdotes, Argentine National characteristics, Biography, Celebrities, Folklore, National characteristics, Argentine, Social life and customs
Peter Hazen Gibbon has written: 'A call to heroism' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Idealism, American Idealism, National monuments, Civilization, American National characteristics, Heroes, Mythology, Biography 'A call to heroism' -- subject(s): American Idealism, American National characteristics, Biography, Civilization, Heroes, Idealism, Mythology, National monuments, Social aspects of Idealism
Dictionary of National Biography was created in 2004.
National Biography Award was created in 1996.
David Piper has written: 'Artists' London' -- subject(s): London (England) in art 'The English face' -- subject(s): Biography, British Portraits, English National characteristics, National characteristics, English, Portraits, Portraits, British
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography was created in 1992.
Peter Jennings has written: 'In search of America' -- subject(s): American National characteristics, Biography, Civilization, Description and travel, National characteristics, American, Pictorial works, United States, History 'The century' -- subject(s): Modern History
Z. Duckett Ferriman has written: 'Some English Philhellenes' -- subject(s): Biography, History 'Greece and the Greeks' -- subject(s): Description and travel, Greek National characteristics, National characteristics, Greek (Modern), Social life and customs
Judy Kravis has written: 'Lives Less Ordinary' -- subject(s): Biography, Irish National characteristics, Social life and customs 'Rough diamante'
Leslie Stephen has written: 'The Dictionary of national biography' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Biography, Bio-bibliography 'Swift' 'Swift' 'Dictionary of national biography' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Biography, Bio-bibliography
Anders Linde-Laursen has written: 'Bordering' -- subject(s): Boundaries, Human geography, Danish National characteristics, Swedish National characteristics 'Hugo Matthiessens kulturhistorie' -- subject(s): Historians, Biography 'Nordic Landscopes [sic]: Cultural Studies of Place (Nord: 1995:15)'