4. Biographical Information Sources
Many of these works are available electronically to you from any computer
anywhere in the world with your Harvard ID and PIN. Resources which require
a Harvard PIN are marked with a 
symbol.
For more help finding biographies, schedule a research consulation with
Elizabeth McKeigue via e-mail
or at 617-496-4023.
Biography
and Genealogy Master Index
Biography Index (print version)
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 1501.22
(1946-present)
Biography
Resource Center
Boylan, Henry. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. 3rd ed. Dublin:
Gill & Macmillan, 1998.
Location: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC CT 862 .B69 1998
Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
This multi-volume set covers many categories of literary personages. Individual
volumes include titles such as Poets of Great Britain and Ireland,
1945-1960 and British and Irish novelists since 1960.
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room
Call Number: RR 3129.5
Ó Céirín, Kit and Cyril. Women of Ireland: a
Biographic Dictionary. Newtownlynch: Tír Eolas, 1996.
Location: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC CT 3650 .I73
O24 1996bx
The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941-1970. (Y Bywgraffiadur
Cymreig, 1941-1970) London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 2001.
Location 1: Robinson Celtic: DA 710 .A1 B9213 2001
Location 2: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC DA 710 .A1
D53 2001x
The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940. (Y Bywgraffiadur
Cymreig hyd 1940) London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1959.
Location 1: Widener Library Stacks Br 7740.23
Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. 3rd ed.
Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Location 1: Robinson Celtic: BR 1710 .F34 1992
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4814.27
Brady, Anne M. and Cleeve, Brian. A Biographical Dictionary of Irish
Writers. Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland: Lilliput Press, 1985.
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 3150.75
World Biographical Index
Use this online index to find the location of biographies.
