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Essays and insights
The definitive statement of the history of the Dictionary of National Biography, together with information on the editorial policy, writing, illustration, and production can be found in the Introduction to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (published September 2004).
Below you'll find personal insights into various aspects of the Oxford DNB.
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Dr Lawrence Goldman looks at continuity and discontinuity in Dictionaries of National Biography, 1882-2004. Reproduced from the Journal of Victorian Studies (Spring 2006).
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Dr Henry Summerson considers ‘People, places, and shifting perspectives’ in the DNB. Reproduced from The Local Historian (May 2006).
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Britain's senior law lord considers the dictionary's coverage of those who made and broke the law.
The influence of history
In October Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, joined Professor Quentin Skinner (Cambridge), Professor Peter Hennessy (London), and Baroness Onora O'Neill, at an Oxford DNB seminar held at the British Academy, London, UK, to discuss 'The Influence of History in Public Life'. The seminar considered the contribution of historical knowledge to public life from ethical, scholarly, and political perspectives. You can now listen to the seminar in full.
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includes articles on using the Oxford DNB in libraries and the classroom
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Contributors including David Lodge, Patrick Collinson, Fiona MacCarthy, and Paul Addison discuss their experience of writing for the Oxford DNB.
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Find out more about the dictionary's three editors (1993-2006): Professor Colin Matthew, Professor Sir Brian Harrison, and Dr Lawrence Goldman
The Oxford DNB project
Every article in the Oxford DNB was assigned to one of the areas below. Click on the links to read Brian Harrison's 2004 overview.
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Colin Matthew's 1995 Leslie Stephen lecture, by kind permission of Cambridge University Press.
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