National Biography @odnb
The Dictionary of National Biography is the record of lives who have shaped British history. Free online via UK public libraries. From Oxford University & OUP. oxforddnb.com Oxford, UK Joined February 2009-
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Discover new biographies of influential figures who shaped British history, from Sir Sean Connery to Fiona MacCarthy. Read about their remarkable lives on #ODNB: oxford.ly/3JoJaad
We are celebrating the birthday of writer Henry James, who was born #OnThisDay in 1843 🖋️ Find out more about the man who wrote novels such as "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Portrait of a Lady" on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography #ODNB: oxford.ly/4cLYEm2
Today is the centenary of the birth of horticulturalist, Mary Rose Spiller 💐 Spiller developed classes for amateur gardeners, published two books, and later became the first female presenter of "Gardener’s World" in 1982. Find out more: oxford.ly/43SZ7ip #OnThisDay
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States, died #OnThisDay in 1945. Roosevelt led the country during the Great Depression, when the US economy was in crisis. Learn more about his presidency on #ODNB: oxford.ly/43VVAjc
Today we remember medical historian and neurologist Edwin Clarke who died #OnThisDay in 1996. During his life, Clarke was a committed academic and became director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Read more on the #ODNB: oxford.ly/3vv1lrz
#OnThisDay in 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, a moment that became synonymous with the end of the Civil War. Learn more on #ANB: oxford.ly/4aIGEY4
Today we remember romantic poet and former Poet Laureate William Wordsworth, who was born #OnThisDay in 1770. Find out more about his life on the #ODNB: oxford.ly/3VEzpw4
#OnThisDay in 1968, Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated. Learn more about his life and work on #ANB: oxford.ly/3vvSG8i
#OnThisDay in 1783, American writer and historian Washington Irving was born in New York City. Discover more about his life on the #ANB: oxford.ly/4ae5SNW
Discover the life of Eliza Orme, an early female law graduate of London University, who established a prosperous business as a legal assistant before women were admitted to the legal profession: oxford.ly/3VuSKzM
#OnThisDay in 1875 Edgar Wallace, British writer of detective, gangster, adventure and sci-fi novels, was born. Discover more about his life on the #ODNB: oxford.ly/3PDCQis
This month’s ODNB update adds the life of the Scottish film-maker and poet, Margaret Tait, who set up her own production company and made 30 films during her lifetime. Discover more: oxford.ly/43vM71L
The life of the documentary filmmaker Budge Cooper is added to ODNB this month. Her landmark film "Children of the City" (1944), set in Dundee, addressed juvenile delinquency and its social causes. Learn more about her life: oxford.ly/4a3WGM3
#OnThisDay in 1922, Civil Rights Activist Fred Shuttlesworth was born. During his life, he was arrested over thirty times and stood as a defendant or plaintiff in more cases to reach the US Supreme Court than any other American. Find out more on #ANB: oxford.ly/48WyhGV
#OnThisDay in 1869, supernatural writer Algernon Blackwood was born in Kent. Find out more about ‘the foremost British supernaturalist of the twentieth century’ on the #ODNB: oxford.ly/3wSUmcf
#OnThisDay in 1837, Poet Laureate Robert Southey wrote a letter to Charlotte Bronte, stating that 'Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life’. Find out more about how Bronte became a distinguished writer on the #ODNB: oxford.ly/3IO06Xz
#OnThisDay in 1903, publisher and author Dorothy Schiff was born. Discover more about their life on #AmericanNationalBiography: oxford.ly/4c6lW5I
The #ODNB contains over 9,700 women who have shaped British history and culture on a global scale from the Romans through to the 21st Century. This #InternationalWomensDay, find out more about some of these influential women: oxford.ly/3T9zV3j
Among the lives newly added to ODNB this month is Mary Ellen Smith, the daughter of a Cornish copper miner, who emigrated to British Columbia, where she became the first female cabinet minister in the British Empire. Find out more about her life here: oxford.ly/48OhIwG
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Scots Traveller ballad singer #JeannieRobertson (1908–1975) was born on 17 April in Aberdeen. Influenced Ray Fisher, Martin Carthy... Further reading: my @odnb → Robertson, Christina Jane [née Regina Christina Stewart; performing name Jeannie Robertson] (1908–1975), folk-singer
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Delighted to say my latest biographical entry for @odnb is on the former @pnefc footballer, @ManUtd manager & Piccadilly Radio broadcaster Tommy Docherty. I met the Doc a few times (and he interviewed me too!). If you’ve got access then have a read: oxforddnb.com/search?q=Doche…
Delighted that my .@odnb entry on Jack Charlton has been published .@ICSHC .@DMUHistory doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9…
1/2 Delighted to see my entry for tennis legend Angela Buxton published today in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biographical (@odnb) doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9… Buxton reached the final of Wimbledon in 1956 but it was her win in the doubles competition that year with Althea Gibson
This @odnb entry on Clive Emsley certainly ranks highest for anything I've written on the trouble taken : words written ratio. It could never do him justice, but hopefully it's nevertheless some testament to the remarkable life of a wonderful man doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9…
My @odnb article on Bill Frankland (1912-2020), styled the ‘Grandfather of Allergy”, now published: a remarkable life of WWII POW in Singapore, allergy theory & practice, pollen count for London, international politics & a centenarian practising doctor doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9…
@LeedsUniMedia's @drmelaniebell has worked with the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (@odnb) to produce 16 new entries which record and celebrate the landmark contributions of women to filmmaking in the 20th century ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/2…
March is Women's History Month and @LeedsUniMedia's @drmelaniebell has worked with with the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (@odnb) to produce 16 new entries which celebrate the landmark contributions of women to filmmaking in the 20th century ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/2…
Happy to see my entry on Alison de Vere published in the @odnb. Only the second female animator to be acknowledged (so far)! Thanks to @drmelaniebell for putting this new section together. oxforddnb.com/newsitem/805/w…
Delighted to see this entry in print! Congrats to Mel, ODNB and all the contributors for making this happen 👏 @odnb
Very pleased my Diana Morgan piece is out there, as part of a whole tranche of female film notables for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography oxforddnb.com/display/10.109…
16 new entries on women filmmakers launches today. Includes doc directors, animators, costume designers, screenwriters, and more. Thanks to ODNB for supporting this and all the amazing writers @odnb oxforddnb.com/newsitem/805/w…
Big news! The first blue plaque on our new national scheme has just been revealed in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. 🔵 It’s dedicated to Daphne Steele, who made history by becoming the first Black matron in the NHS in 1964. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/HistoricEnglan… @DCMS
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