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Dictionary containing over 20,000 short biographies of important people, including birth and death dates and why they were important.
Dictionary containing over 25,000 very short biographies of important men and women from the past up to the present. One line entries.
Basic information on lots of people with links to short online articles.
Thousands of biographies on famous people who have died.
Click on the letter for your subject's last name.
Loads slowly, but good information on many people.
Biography search engine.
One of MCL's great HOM EWORK CENTER lists of links!
Resources from the PBS series.
IPL's Quick facts, trivia and lots of other presidential information.
From the official White House website.
Articles from the New Book of Knowledge, 3-8th grade level.
Articles from the Grolier Encyclopedia, similar to the information in New Book of Knowledge but aimed at a 5th - 12th grade audience.
Library of Congress "American Memory" collection of photos, paintings and engravings of the presidents.
The Smithsonian Institution's presidential portraits included with short biographies.
Links to their complete list of biographies.
Famous people from western history - from Custer to Sitting Bull and many more.
Short biographies of all the people in the Corps of Discovery.
Biographies on mathematicians from ancient times to the present.
Highlights several scienctists of the past, from Aristotle to Newton.
Profiles historical biochemists like George Washington Carver to physicists, computer scientists, zoologists and other branches of science.
Researched and written by students at Agnes Scott College.
Good Quotations by Famous People
Quotes by Famous People
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