Karen Fox works as a research editor for the Australian Dictionary of Biography. The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) is Australia’s largest and longest-running social sciences and humanities ...

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Editor David Cannadine takes us behind the scenes at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) to examine why this late Victorian Institution with thousands upon thousands of detailed and ...

On March 17th, the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB), is moving to an open access ...

Acclaimed writer Alisdair Gray has been honoured for his achievements alongside Old Firm football legends, a 'God fearing' police chief and Scotland's answer to Agatha Christie. The latest update of ...