Extensively revised and updated, this edition of "Chambers Biographical
Dictionary" covers a wide range of human achievement, and includes over
17,500 biographies in all. It is cross-referenced with many suggestions
for further reading. Areas covered include: sport, music, radio;
television; the arts, science, technology, politics, philosophy and
business. 300 feature panels provide extra detail on particularly
important or influential individuals or groups of people such as
Alexander the Great, Albert Einstein and the Pankhursts. Full
cross-referencing allows the reader to explore beyond the individual -
thus not only answering a specific enquiry about one person, but
leading to information on their contemporaries or the people they
influenced - and thousands of suggestions for further reading direct
the reader to keyworks on or by the person in question. Covering the
full diversity of human achievement from Boudicca to Nelson Mandela,
Isaac Newton to Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton to David Beckham, the
Dictionary is packed with biographies which span the centuries.