Biography

» African American Women Writers of the 19th century biographies
   Over 20 biographies of African American women writers of the 19th century.

   
   http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/biographies.html

» Biography Project
   Describes the influence of authors, artists, scientists, film makers and others on underground culture. Links, life and works.

   
   http://www.popsubculture.com/

» Biography and Biographies
   A collection of biographies describing the influential lives of famous people in past and present times.

   
   http://www.biography-and-biographies.com

» Biogs.com
   Biographies of authors and other famous people that provide a flavour of the personality as well as relating the key events in the subjects' lives.

   
   http://www.biogs.com

» Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
   This site contains biographies of people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada.

   
   http://www.biographi.ca/index2.html

» Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
   Written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education.

   
   http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/

» Erowid Character Vaults
   Information about visionary characters including biographies, publication lists, articles and links.

   
   http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/characters.shtml

» Famous writers
   Biographies of writers like JK Rowling, Stephen King, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Michael Crichton.

   
   http://www.celebsa-z.com/writers.htm

» HistoryLink101 Biography
   Here you can be connected to quality historical biographical sites on the web by culture.

   
   http://www.historylink101.com/history_biography.htm

» NNDB
   Tracking the entire world.

   
   http://www.nndb.com/

» Sherwood Times
   Newspaper dating from 1190 includes Tales of Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and biographies of famous Nottinghamshire characters - D.H.Larence, and Lord Byron.

   
   http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sherwoodtimes

» Sylvanus Griswold Morley Autobiography
   A Non-Transcendental Autobiography of Sylvanus Griswold Morley, professor of Spanish at UC Berkeley.

   
   http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~rgf/

» The Classical Fiction Writers
   Biographies of the classical fiction writers, including Balzac, Conrad, and Steinbeck.

   
   http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/BiosFiction.htm

» The Diary Junction
   A major new (non-commercial) internet resource providing information on, and links for, over 300 historical and literary diarists

   
   http://www.pikle.demon.co.uk/diaryjunction.html

» The Sound of Sight
   This is a story of a boy, born out of catastrophe, nourished by the love of his family and the concern of his community.

   
   http://www.thesoundofsight.com

» Vandergrift's Biography and Autobiography Page
   A brief page on biographical/auto-biographical writing geared towards teaching young people.

   
   http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/biography.html

» Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930
   Over two dozen travel diaries, journals, and publications by women ranging from Elizabeth Bisland to Irene Wright.

   
   http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/womtrav.htm