ABSTRACT

Containing 250 entries, each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains examines the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history.

Much more than a 'Who's Who', each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements, and conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.

The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history.

Any student in the field will want to have one of these as a handy reference companion.

chapter |26 pages

AARON

chapter |36 pages

MARCUS VIPSANIUS AGRIPPA

chapter |47 pages

ANAXAGORAS

chapter |50 pages

ARETAEUS OF CAPPADOCIA

chapter |18 pages

SAINT ATHANASIUS

chapter |10 pages

AUGUSTUS

chapter |5 pages

MARCUS JUNIUS BRUTUS

chapter |77 pages

BUDDHA

chapter |6 pages

CLAUDIUS I

chapter |4 pages

CLEISTHENES OF ATHENS

chapter |5 pages

CLEMENT I

chapter |41 pages

CLEOMENES

chapter |4 pages

DEBORAH

chapter |6 pages

DEMOCRITUS

chapter |20 pages

DEMOSTHENES

chapter |5 pages

DIOGENES

chapter |19 pages

DIOPHANTUS

chapter |46 pages

QUINTUS ENNIUS

chapter |16 pages

EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA

chapter |5 pages

FABIUS

chapter |30 pages

GALEN

chapter |11 pages

HAMMURABI

chapter |10 pages

HANNO

chapter |77 pages

SAINT HELENA

chapter |9 pages

HSÜN-TZU

chapter |16 pages

IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

chapter |14 pages

ISAIAH

chapter |21 pages

SAINT JEROME

chapter |12 pages

JOHN THE BAPTIST

chapter |26 pages

JUVENAL

chapter |20 pages

LUCIAN

chapter |6 pages

MARCUS AURELIUS

chapter |21 pages

GAIUS MARIUS

chapter |38 pages

MENCIUS

chapter |56 pages

NEFERTITI

chapter |4 pages

PHAEDRUS

chapter |9 pages

PHEIDIPPIDES

chapter |6 pages

PHILIP II OF MACEDONIA

chapter |5 pages

PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA

chapter |39 pages

PIANKHI

chapter |17 pages

PLOTINUS

chapter |6 pages

POMPEY THE GREAT

chapter |20 pages

PORPHYRY

chapter |9 pages

PROCLUS

chapter |15 pages

PROTAGORAS

chapter |29 pages

PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUA

chapter |10 pages

REGULUS

chapter |19 pages

SAMUEL

chapter |12 pages

SCIPIO AFRICANUS

chapter |10 pages

SENECA THE YOUNGER

chapter |57 pages

SHAPUR II

chapter |15 pages

SAINT STEPHEN

chapter |37 pages

LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA

chapter |9 pages

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA

chapter |16 pages

THEODOSIUS THE GREAT

chapter |46 pages

SAINT THOMAS

chapter |37 pages

VARDHAMĀNA

chapter |4 pages

WANG CH’UNG

chapter |13 pages

WANG HSI-CHIH

chapter |36 pages

XENOPHANES

chapter |13 pages

AREA OF ACHIEVEMENT

chapter |8 pages

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

chapter |8 pages

NAME INDEX

chapter |1 pages

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