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Anyone who is, or was anyone... in their own words
Who's Who and Who Was Who Online
'The online Who's Who brings together all the familiarity of the print version with added extras - BClaire Back, Referplus' -
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- Over 34,000 entries from the new 2013 edition of Who's Who and over 100,000 entries from all 11 volumes of Who Was Who
- Fascinating insights into the private lives of public figures with detailed information for each person
- Each entry is written by the subject themselves and can include full name, formal titles, birth date and (where appropriate) death date, education, honours, career history, recreations, contact details, and more
- International figures include Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Venus Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Cruise, Barack Obama, and Woody Allen
- Extensive internal cross-references - find family members and other connected entrants such as people in the same profession or people born in the same period with ease
- Over 10,000 direct reciprocal links mean that users can compare and contrast what people such as Dame Barbara Cartland or Anthony Blunt wrote about themselves in Who Was Who with their biographies in the award-winning Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Custom-built for biographical research with a user-friendly interface
- Intuitive search and browse options enable quick and easy access to exceptional content which can be refined and re-ordered
- Flexible advanced search options means that, in a single search, users can find female writers who were educated at Exeter University, have been awarded an OBE, were born after 1940, and are still alive!
- Quick filter - choose to search Who's Who, or the complete database including Who Was Who
- Discover interesting topical articles in the monthly feature pages
- A host of other benefits are available including print-friendly format, the ability to email entries and search results, and citation export to Endnote, Procite, RefWorks, and Reference Manager
- Updated annually each December alongside the print edition with minor updates during the year - if subjects die, their death dates will be added
- Keep up to date and follow Who's Who on Twitter @ukwhoswho
The highly prestigious Who's Who and Who Was Who is published online exclusively by Oxford University Press in a specially-designed online edition which enables readers to explore the rich biographical information of over 34,000 influential people in British publish life today.
Published every year since 1849, Who's Who is the leading source of up-to-date information about over 34,000 influential people in British public life today. Who Was Who is an invaluable historical archive which collects together the entries of over 100,000 people, now deceased, which were included in previous editions of Who's Who. It is an invaluable
research tool and offers a unique way of measuring social change. Containing autobiographical listings of senior politicians, judges, civil servants, and notable figures from the arts, academia, and other areas, it is seen as one the of world's most recognized and respected works of reference.Readership: A valuable resource for anyone interested or working in government, political organizations, business, professional and cultural institutions, media organizations, education, and charities. Historians and students of British history, politics, and culture since c.1830
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"The online Who's Who brings together all the familiarity of the print version with added extras - BClaire Back, Referplus" "The online Who's Who brings together all the familiarity of the print version with added extras. It's easy to search and the cross referencing means there's always someone new to discover - Claire Back, Referplus"
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