Sculptors of History
Academy of Achievement
This site brings you face to face with
the extraordinary individuals who have shaped our times. It is an amazing
collection, not of mere artifacts, but of people and ideas that fill you with
inspiration, encouragement, and the will to achieve
http://www.achievement.org/
American Authors on the Web
This site covers nearly 800 authors and is
arranged chronologically. It was created by Mitsuharu Matsouka, a
professor at Japan's Nagoya University. It includes general information
about each author as well as literary criticism, full texts, and more.
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html
American Presidency
This site has biographical information
about American presidents, vice presidents, first ladies and candidates.
Also included are pictures, video, and audio clips.
http://ap.grolier.com/
Biographical Dictionary
This site has short biographies of over
19,000 people from ancient times to the present.
http://www.s9.com/
Biographies
This is a site for researching famous
people in American history.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Created by students at Agnes Scott
College in Decatur, Georgia, this site presents biographies of women
mathematicians.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Biography.Com
Biographies of over 25,000 personalities
including many current celebrities featured in the magazine.
http://www.biography.com/search/index.html
Classical Composers Database
This database includes more than 1,000
entries with biographical information. There are also links to Web
resources for sheet music, sound files, and more.
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/jsmeets/index.html
Distinguished Women of the Past and Present
This a site for research on biographies
of famous women. It is searchable by letter.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/alphabet/alphabet.html
Famous People
This site has biographies of famous
people such as actors, athletes, composers, chefs, musicians, scientists, and
much more.
http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/athletes/
Famous Women's Biographies
http://womenshistory.about.com/
Poets.org
Hosted by the Academy of American Poets,
this site offers an overview of the world's greatest poets. It has
biographies of more than 450 poets, the text of 1,250 poems, and audio clips of
100 poems read by their authors or other poets.
http://www.poets.org