Not only does this encyclopaedia present biographies for over 10,000 of the most important, topical and interesting people of all time, it also supplements thes

This biographical dictionary contains 10,000 biographies supplemented with 2,000 quotations chosen to reveal what major figures thought about themselves and wha

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Provides an authoritative and accessible look at the lives of the men and women who have shaped science.