Encyclopedia of American Biography
Encyclopedia of American Biography , a biographical encyclopedia, by John A. Garraty (ed.) and Jerome L. Sternstein (assoc. ed.)
This encyclopedia, published by Harper & Row in 1974, "is more than a storehouse of information....It is also a compendium of informed opinion intended to aid readers who want to know the whys , not merely the whats , about the significant figures of our history."
After the summary of each life which sticks to the facts, follows an article "...attempting to explain why the individual is notable and to provide some sense of what he or she was like as a human being."
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Entries
Grace Abbott (1878-1939), Social Worker
Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971), Diplomat
Brooks Adams (1848-1927), Historian
Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), Political Leader and Diplomat
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915), Railroad Executive and Historian
Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), Historian
Henry Carter Adams (1851-1921), Economist
Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901), Historian
John Adams (1735-1826), President
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), President
Samuel Adams (1722-1803), Political Leader
Jane Addams (1860-1935), Reformer
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), Scientist
Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-), Political Leader
Edward Franklin Albee (1928-), Playwright
William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971), Archaeologist and Orientalist
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), Writer
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915), Political Leader
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1834-1899), Writer
Muhammad Ali (1942-), Boxer
Richard Allen (1760-1831), Religious Leader
William Boyd Allison (1829-1908), Political Leader
John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902), Political Leader
Marian Anderson (1902-), Singer
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959), Playwright
Edmund Andros (1637-1714), Colonial Governor
James Burrill Angell (1829-1916), Educator
Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906), Reformer
Daniel Louis Armstrong (1900-1971), Musician
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), Military Leader
Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886), President
William Henry Ashley (1778-1838), Businessman, Political Leader
John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), Merchant
Edward Atkinson (1827-1905), Economist
John James Audubon (1785-1851), Artist and Scientist
Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Political Leader
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