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Biographical Dictionary The WWWVL-HSTM was established on 6 September 1994 to keep track of information facilities in the field of the history of science, technology and medicine.
Biography The Offical site of A&E's Biography television series.
Complete List of Popes Chronological listing of the Roman Catholic Popes and there biographical sketches.
Dead People Server The Dead People Server is simply a list of interesting celebrities who are, or might plausibly be dead, and even those who have been spaced, with information as to who has really Rung Down the Curtain and Joined the Choir Invisible, and who's Just Resting. "Interesting," in the previous sentence, means "I felt like putting them on this list."
Encyclopedia of Women's History "This site is dedicated to Lady Ada Byron Lovelace, for her brilliance and vision". Has biographical entries for famous women.
Find-A-Grave The graves are arranged by category (Actor, Politicians, etc.).
Locating Scientists on the WWW A collection of searchable Internet sites which contain directory information about scientists.
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive This History of Mathematics archive is part of the Mathematical MacTutor system developed at the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of St Andrews for learning and experimenting with mathematics.

The archive contains the biographies of more than 1100 mathematicians. You can access them from a selection of Alphabetical or Chronological Biographical indexes.

We have written some articles on the development of mathematical ideas cross-referenced to the biographies. You can access these using the History Topics Index.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Nobel Prizes for physics
Nobel Prizes for chemistry
Nobel Prizes for physiology and medicine
Nobel Prizes for literature
Nobel Prizes for peace
Nobel Prizes for economics
the Ig Nobel Prizes
latest Nobel news bytes
alphabetical list of all Nobel laureates
Past Notable Women of Computing Honoring the close connection between mathematics and computing, TAP provides information on pioneers in both areas. Past Notable Women of Mathematics, Past Notable Women of Computing, •TAP's Photo Gallery of Women and Computers, •Other Resources Relevant to the History of Computing
Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web At this site I have Genealogical data for the Royal Family of Britain, but this includes just about all the Royals for Europe.
Notable Citizens of Planet Earth Biographical Dictionary This dictionary contains biographical information on over 18,000 people from ancient times to the present day. These are the notable men and women who have shaped our world.

Information contained in the Dictionary includes birth and death years, professions, positions held, literary and artistic works and other achievements. The Dictionary is searchable by these, and other, categories using keywords.