(the) Dictionary of National Biography

(the) Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography [The Dictionary of National Biography] (abbr the DNB)
a book in many volumes containing the life stories of famous British people from the earliest historical period to the present time. It is published by the ↑Oxford University Press and was first completed in 1900. A new DNB, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, was published in print and online in 2004.

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