Dictionary of national biography volume 18
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edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee
The Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a biographical reference for deceased persons notable in British history.
Dictionary of national biography volume 18
The current edition of this work has been published online by Oxford University Press since The current electronic edition is not free, but is available through individual or library subscription. There is also a recent print edition.
Some earlier editions of this work are freely available online, and remain of historic interest. Below we link to free online volumes of the first and second editions, and some of their supplementary volumes.
First edition
The first edition was published in 63 volumes from through in London by Smith, Elder, and Co.(In the US, Macmillan also published many of the volumes in conjunction with Smith, Elder. These copies are noted in the list below with an "(M)" notation.) Various supplements, errata volumes, and indexes were published in the years to fo