“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.”
—Mark Twain
—Mark Twain
A Biography Collection is held in the Library’s Group Study Room.
- Scope and Use of the Collection
- Provide Feedback and Suggest New Resources
- Classification
- Further Information
- List of Books with Links to the Catalogue
Scope and Use of the Collection
New College Library’s Biography Collection comprises significant biographies and autobiographies written about a wide range of subjects, from monarchs to musicians, writers to politicians. It also includes exemplary and innovative works in the biography and memoirs genre.
The Collection is held on open access shelves in the Group Study Room, which is situated on the Lower Floor of the Library. All items in the Biography Collection are borrowable.
The primary aim is to provide informative, accessible, and well-written books about important figures in history and of today for students’ leisure and pleasure reading, and of course for study purposes as well. Other biographies (of which there are many) held in the Library primarily to support course-related reading are located within the main classified sequence of books beyond the Group Study Room.
Provide Feedback and Suggest New Resources
If you would like to make a comment about the Biography Collection, or you wish to suggest new biographies or autobiographies to be added to the Collection, you are invited to contact the Librarian.
Classification
Items in the Collection bear shelfmarks beginning BIO/. They form part of the larger General Interest Collection located within the Group Study Room. The listing below app the subject (or subjects) of the biography, the shelfmark of the book, and its title.
Further Information
The Library’s copies of () and () provide very useful and engaging guides to what autobiography and biography are and what they do.
The Library holds in the Group Study Room the 60-volume Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, for reference-use only (REF/DNB); this major biographical dictionary is as well.
Other online resources available to New College students and staff, which are useful in particular for quick-reference purposes, include:
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List of Books with Links to the Catalogue
| Chinua ACHEBE (Novelist) | BIO/ACH/EZE | |
| Fanny ADAMS (8-Year-Old Murder Victim, a.k.a. “Sweet Fanny Adams”) | BIO/HUG | |
| King ÆTHELRED II | /Æ2/ | |
| Prince ALBERT (Prince Consort of Queen Victoria) | BIO/ALB/WIL | |
| ALEXANDER III of Macedon, ALEXANDER the Great | BIO/ALE/NAI | |
| Maya ANGELOU | BIO/ANG | |
| Queen ANNE | BIO/ANN/HEW | Anne: Last Queen of England [on order] |
| Queen ANNE | BIO/ANN/SOM | |
| Queen ANNE Boleyn (Queen Consort of King Henry VIII) | BIO/ANN/IVE | |
| Queen ANNE, of Cleves (Queen Consort of King Henry VIII) | BIO/ANN/DAR | |
| King ATHELSTAN | BIO/ATH/HOL | |
|
AUNG SAN SUU KYI |
BIO/AUN/ZOL | |
| Jane AUSTEN | BIO/AUS/TOM | |
| Jane AUSTEN | BIO/AUS/WOR | |
| Jane AUSTEN | BIO/AUS/SHO | |
| BACH Family (German Family of Composers and Musicians) | BIO/BAC/WOL | |
| Johann Sebastian BACH | BIO/BAC/WIL | |
| Johann Sebastian BACH | BIO/BAC/WIL | |
| Roland BARTHES | BIO/BAR/SAM | |
| Béla BARTÓK | BIO/BAR/COO | |
| Jean-Dominique BAUBY (Journalist, Magazine Editor; Sufferer from “Locked-In Syndrome”) | BIO/BAU | |
| Simone de BEAUVOIR | BIO/BEA/KIR | |
| Saint Thomas BECKET | BIO/BEC/GUY | |
| Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | BIO/BEE/SWA | |
| Vanessa BELL (Painter and Interior Designer; Sister of Virginia Woolf) | BIO/WOO/DUN | |
| Saul BELLOW (Novelist and Short Story Writer) | BIO/BEL/LEA | |
| Saul BELLOW (Novelist and Short Story Writer) | BIO/BEL/LEA | |
| David BEN-GURION (Israel’s First Prime Minister) | BIO/BEN/SHA | |
| Alan BENNETT (Playwright, Screenwriter, and Actor) | BIO/BEN | |
| Irving BERLIN (Composer, Songwriter, Lyricist) | BIO/BER/KAP | |
| Isaiah BERLIN (Philosopher and Political Theorist) | BIO/BER/DUB | |
| Hector BERLIOZ (Composer) | BIO/BER/CAI | |
| Hector BERLIOZ (Composer) | BIO/BER/CAI | |
| Saint BERNARD of Clairvaux | BIO/BER/McG | |
| Leonard BERNSTEIN (Composer, Conductor, Pianist) | BIO/BER/SHA | |
| Anthony BLUNT (Spy and Art Historian) | BIO/BLU/CAR | |
| Eavan BOLAND (Poet) | BIO/BOL | |
| Jennifer Finney BOYLAN (Writer and Transgender Activist) | BIO/BOY | |
| Johannes BRAHMS | BIO/BRA/SWA | |
| Gyles BRANDRETH (Writer, Broadcaster, Entertainer) | BIO/BRA | |
| Gyles BRANDRETH (Writer, Broadcaster, Entertainer) | BIO/BRA | |
| Benjamin BRITTEN | BIO/BRI/CAR | |
| Benjamin BRITTEN | BIO/BRI/KIL | |
| Benjamin BRITTEN | BIO/BRI/MAT | |
| Anne BRONTË | BIO/BRO/MIL | |
| dzٳٱ&Բ;鰿Ë | BIO/BRO/MIL | |
| dzٳٱ&Բ;鰿Ë | BIO/BRO/HAR | |
| &Բ;鰿Ë | BIO/BRO/MIL | |
| Christy BROWN (Novelist and Poet) | BIO/BRO | |
| Gordon BROWN | BIO/BRO | |
| Tina BROWN (Magazine Editor) | BIO/BRO | |
| Elizabeth Barrett BROWNING | BIO/BRO/SAM | |
| Marcus BRUTUS (Late Roman Republic Senator; Assassin of Julius Caesar) | BIO/BRU/TEM | |
| Gautama BUDDHA | BIO/BUD/ARM | |
| Mikhail BULGAKOV (Novelist, Playwright, and Physician) | BIO/BUL/CUR | |
| Edmund BURKE (Politician and Author) | BIO/BUR/NOR | |
| Annabella Milbanke, Lady BYRON (Wife of Lord Byron) | BIO/BYR/SEY | |
| James CALLAGHAN | BIO/DON | |
| David CAMERON | BIO/CAM | |
| King CANUTE | BIO/CNU/LAN | |
| Stokely CARMICHAEL (a.k.a. Kwame Ture) (Civil Rights Activist and US Black Nationalism Leader) | BIO/CAR/JOS | |
| Lewis CARROLL | BIO/CAR/COH | |
| Angela CARTER (Novelist and Short Story Writer) | BIO/CAR/GOR | |
| Jimmy CARTER | BIO/CAR | |
| Queen CATHARINE Parr (Queen Consort of King Henry VIII) | BIO/CAT/JAM | |
| Queen CATHERINE Howard (Queen Consort of King Henry VIII) | BIO/CAT/RUS | |
| Queen CATHERINE, of Aragon (Queen Consort of King Henry VIII) | BIO/CAT/TRE | |
| Empress CATHERINE II of Russia, CATHERINE the Great | BIO/CAT2/MAS | |
| Queen CATHERINE DE MEDICI | BIO/CAT/FRI | |
| Aimé CÉSAIRE (Poet, Author, Politician) | BIO/CES/TOU | |
| Joseph CHAMBERLAIN | BIO/CHAM/MAR | |
| Annie CHAPMAN (Murder Victim of “Jack the Ripper”) | BIO/RUB | |
| Emperor CHARLEMAGNE | BIO/CHA/NEL | |
| King CHARLES I | BIO/CHA1/De L | |
| King CHARLES II | BIO/CHA2/JAC | |
| Emperor CHARLES V, Holy Roman Emperor | BIO/CHA5/PAR | |
| Prince CHARLES EDWARD STUART (Grandson of King James II, a.k.a. “Bonnie Prince Charlie” and “The Young Pretender”) | BIO/CHA/DAI | |
| Queen CHARLOTTE, Consort of George III | BIO/GEO3/HAD | |
| Geoffrey CHAUCER | BIO/CHA/TUR | |
| Frédéric CHOPIN | BIO/CHO/WAL | |
| Sir Winston CHURCHILL | BIO/CHU/BES | |
| Sir Winston CHURCHILL | BIO/CHU/ROB | |
| CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt | BIO/CLE/SCH | |
| King CNUT | BIO/CNU/BOL | |
| Jean COCTEAU | BIO/COC/ARN | |
| Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE | BIO/COL/ASH | |
| COLLABORATORS (Second World War) | BIO/IRE | |
| Michael COLLINS (Irish Revolutionary and Political Leader) | BIO/COL/COO | |
| Christopher COLUMBUS (Cristoforo COLOMBO) | BIO/COL/BER | |
| Ferdinand COLUMBUS (Hernando COLÓN) (Book Collector; Son of Christopher Columbus) | BIO/COL/WIL | |
| Fanny CORNFORTH (Artist’s Model of Dante Gabriel Rossetti) | BIO/HUG | |
| Thomas CRANMER, Archbishop of Canterbury | BIO/CRA/MacC | |
| Oliver CROMWELL | BIO/CRO/FRA | |
| Oliver CROMWELL | BIO/CRO/HOR | |
| Thomas CROMWELL, Earl of Essex | BIO/CRO/MacC | |
| Marie CURIE | BIO/CUR/QUI | |
| Rachel CUSK (Novelist and Writer) | BIO/CUS | |
| Roald DAHL | BIO/DAH/DEN | |
| DANTE Alighieri | BIO/DAN/REY | |
| Henry Stuart, Duke of Albany, Lord DARNLEY (King Consort of Mary, Queen of Scots) | BIO/DAR/BIN | |
| Charles DARWIN | BIO/DAR/KEY | |
| Charles DARWIN | BIO/ASH | |
| Charles DARWIN | BIO/HUG | |
| Alphonse DAUDET (Novelist) | BIO/DAU | |
| Claude DEBUSSY | BIO/DEB/WAL | |
| Daniel DEFOE | BIO/DEF/NOV | |
| Charles DE GAULLE | BIO/DeG/JAC | |
| Lien DE JONG (Dutch Jewish Girl; Second World War Survivor) | BIO/DEJ/VAN | |
| Thomas DE QUINCEY (Essayist and Journalist) | BIO/De Q/WIL | |
| Charles DICKENS | BIO/DIC/TOM | |
| Charles DICKENS | BIO/DIC/WIL | |
| Charles DICKENS | BIO/ASH | |
| Denis DIDEROT | BIO/DID/CUR | |
| Jenny DISKI (Writer) | BIO/DIS | |
| Benjamin DISRAELI | BIO/ASH | |
| John DONNE | BIO/DON/RUN | |
| Frederick DOUGLASS (Abolitionist, Suffragist, Social Reformer) | BIO/DOU/BLI | |
| Frederick DOUGLASS (Abolitionist, Suffragist, Social Reformer) | BIO/DOU | |
| Lawrence DURRELL (Novelist and Writer) | BIO/DUR/MacN | |
| Catherine EDDOWES (Murder Victim of “Jack the Ripper”) | BIO/RUB | |
| King EDWARD the Confessor | BIO/EDW/WOO | |
| King EDWARD I | BIO/EDW1/MOR | |
| King EDWARD I | BIO/EDW1/KIN | |
| King EDWARD II | BIO/EDW2/PHI | |
| King EDWARD II | BIO/EDW2/GIV | |
| King EDWARD III | BIO/EDW3/SUM | |
| King EDWARD IV | BIO/EDW4/POL | |
| King EDWARD V | BIO/EDW5/HIC | |
| King EDWARD VI | BIO/EDW6/ALF | |
| King EDWARD VII | BIO/EDW7/RID | |
| King EDWARD VII | BIO/EDW7/DAV | |
| King EDWARD VIII | BIO/EDW8/BRE | |
| Albert EINSTEIN | BIO/EIN/FOL | |
| Albert EINSTEIN | BIO/EIN/GIM | |
| Albert EINSTEIN | BIO/EIN/GRA | |
| Queen ELEANOR of Aquitaine (Queen Consort of King Henry II) | BIO/ELE/TUR | |
| George ELIOT | BIO/ELI/DAV | |
| George ELIOT | BIO/HUG | |
| T. S. ELIOT | BIO/ELI/CRA | |
| T. S. ELIOT | BIO/ELI/GOR | |
| T. S. ELIOT | BIO/ELI/RAI | |
| Queen ELIZABETH I | BIO/ELI1/CAS | |
| Queen ELIZABETH I | BIO/ELI1/GUY | |
| Queen ELIZABETH I | BIO/ELI1/HIB | |
| Queen ELIZABETH II | BIO/ELI2/HUR | |
| Queen ELIZABETH II | BIO/ELI2/HAR | |
| Duke ELLINGTON (Jazz musician and composer) | BIO/ELL | |
| Desiderius ERASMUS | BIO/ERA/MAS | |
| Manuel de FALLA (Composer) | BIO/FAL/HES | |
| Frantz FANON (Philosopher, Psychiatrist, Writer) | BIO/FAN/MAC | |
| Roopa FAROOKI (Author and Medical Doctor) | BIO/FAR | |
| Patrick Leigh FERMOR (Travel Writer) | BIO/FER/SIS | |
| F. Scott FITZGERALD | BIO/FIT/BRO | |
| Penelope FITZGERALD (Novelist, Biographer, Writer) | BIO/FIT/LEE | |
| Gustave FLAUBERT | BIO/FLA/WIN | |
| FONG Chong Pik (Political Activist) | BIO/FAN | |
| E. M. FORSTER | BIO/FOR/MOF | |
| John FOWLES | BIO/FOW/WAR | |
| Benjamin FRANKLIN | BIO/FRA/ISA | |
| Lady Antonia FRASER (Biographer and Historian) | BIO/FRA | |
| King FREDERICK II of Prussia, FREDERICK the Great | BIO/FRE/BLA | |
| Lucian FREUD | BIO/FRE/FEA | |
| Roger FRY (Painter, Art Historian, and Critic) | BIO/FRY/WOO | |
| Thomas GAINSBOROUGH | BIO/GAI/HAM | |
| Mahatma GANDHI | BIO/GAN | |
| GENGHIS Khan, First Khagan of the Mongol Empire | BIO/GEN/WEA | |
| Artemisia GENTILESCHI (Painter) | BIO/GEN/JON | |
| King GEORGE I | BIO/GEO1/BLA | |
| King GEORGE II | BIO/GEO2/THO | |
| King GEORGE III | BIO/GEO3/BLA | |
| King GEORGE III | BIO/GEO3/ROB | |
| King GEORGE III | BIO/GEO3/HAD | |
| King GEORGE IV | BIO/GEO4/HIB | |
| King GEORGE V | BIO/GEO5/CAN | |
| King GEORGE VI | BIO/GEO6/ZIE | |
| Alberto GIACOMETTI | BIO/GIA/PEP | |
| William GILBERT (Physicist) | BIO/GIL/PUM | |
| Sir John GIELGUD (Actor) | BIO/GIE/MOR | |
| Dizzy GILLESPIE (Jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer) | BIO/GIL | |
| Haben GIRMA (Disability Rights Advocate; First Deafblind Graduate of Harvard Law School) | BIO/GIR | |
| GOH Chok Tong (Singapore’s Second Prime Minister) | BIO/GOH/PEH | |
| Adam GOPNIK (Writer) | BIO/GOP | |
| Glenn GOULD (Pianist) | BIO/GOU/OST | |
| Colin GRANT | BIO/GRA | |
| Graham GREENE | BIO/GRE/GRE | |
| Lady Jane GREY | BIO/GRE/IVE | |
| Lady Jane GREY | BIO/GRE/DE L | |
| Jo GRIMOND, Baron GRIMOND (Leader of the Liberal Party) | BIO/GRI/McM | |
| Ivor GURNEY (Composer and Poet) | BIO/GUR/KEN | |
| Richard Burdon HALDANE, 1st Viscount HALDANE (Politician and Philosopher) | BIO/HAL/CAM | |
| Brenda HALE, Baroness Hale of Richmond (Judge and Law Lord) | BIO/HAL | |
| Stuart HALL (Sociologist, Cultural Theorist, and Political Activist) | BIO/HAL | |
| Edmond HALLEY (Astronomer) | BIO/HAL/COO | |
|
George Frideric HANDEL |
BIO/HAN/HUN | |
| Thomas HARDY | BIO/HAR/TOM | |
| Thomas HARRIOT (Mathematician and Astronomer) | BIO/HAR/ARI | |
| L. P. HARTLEY (Novelist and Short-Story Writer) | BIO/BAR/WRI | |
| Lady Flora HASTINGS (Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent; Victim of Scandal) | BIO/HUG | |
| Joseph HAYDN | BIO/HAY/WYN | |
| Shirley HAZZARD (Writer) | BIO/HAZ/OLU | |
| Prince HENRY FREDERICK STUART, Prince of Wales | BIO/HEN/FRA | |
| King HENRY I | BIO/HEN1/KIN | |
| King HENRY II | BIO/HEN2/BAR | |
| King HENRY III | BIO/HEN3/CHU | |
| King HENRY IV | BIO/HEN4/MOR | |
| King HENRY V | BIO/HEN5/DOC | |
| King HENRY V | BIO/HEN5/MAT | |
| King HENRY V | BIO/HEN5/SEW | |
| King HENRY V | BIO/HEN5/CUR | |
| King HENRY V | BIO/HEN5/VAL | |
| King HENRY VI | BIO/HEN6/ROS | |
| King HENRY VII | BIO/HEN7/PEN | |
| King HENRY VIII | BIO/HEN8/WOO | |
| King HENRY VIII | BIO/HEN8/GUY | |
| King HENRY VIII | BIO/HEN8/STA | |
| Katherine Seymour, Countess of HERTFORD (a.k.a. Lady Katherine Grey) | BIO/GRE/DE L | |
| Nicholas HILLIARD (Elizabethan Painter of Portrait Miniatures) | BIO/HIL/GOL | |
| Adolf HITLER | BIO/HIT/LON | |
| Adolf HITLER | BIO/HIT/ULL | |
| Adolf HITLER | BIO/HIT/ULL | |
| Dorothy HODGKIN | BIO/HOD/FER | |
| Hans HOLBEIN | BIO/HOL/MOY | |
| Billie HOLIDAY | BIO/HOL | |
| Imogen HOLST (Composer and Musician) | BIO/HOL/GRO | |
| Robert HOOKE (Natural Philosopher) | BIO/HOO/JAR | |
| Gerard Manley HOPKINS | BIO/HOP/MAR | |
| A. E. HOUSMAN (Poet and Classicist) | BIO/HOU/VIN | |
| Geoffrey HOWE, Baron HOWE of Aberavon | BIO/HOW | |
| Ted HUGHES | BIO/HUG/BAT | |
| Victor HUGO | BIO/HUG/ROB | |
| Leigh HUNT (Poet, Journalist, and Literary Critic) | BIO/HUN/ROE | |
| Henrik IBSEN | BIO/IBS/FIG | |
| Queen ISABELLA I of Spain | BIO/ISA1/TRE | |
| King JAMES I | BIO/JAM1/COG | |
| King JAMES II | BIO/JAM2/WOM | |
| Kay Redfield JAMISON (Clinical Psychologist; Manic Depressive) | BIO/JAM | |
| Leoš JANÁČEK (Composer) | BIO/JAN/VOG | |
| Queen JANE Seymour (Queen Consort of King Henry VIII) | BIO/JAN/LOA | |
| Roy JENKINS (Politician; Chancellor of the University of Oxford) | BIO/JEN/CAM | |
| JESUS Christ | BIO/JES/BEN | |
| JESUS Christ | BIO/JES/BEN | |
| JESUS Christ | BIO/JES/BEN | |
| Saint JOAN of Arc | BIO/AUS/SHO | |
| Elton JOHN | BIO/JOH | |
| King JOHN | BIO/JOH/VIN | |
| King JOHN | BIO/JOH/MOR | |
| Pope JOHN PAUL II | BIO/JOH/WEI | |
| Rachel JOHNSON (Journalist and Author) | BIO/JOH | |
| David JONES | BIO/JON/DIL | |
| Scott JOPLIN (Composer) | BIO/JOP/BER | |
| Emperor JUSTINIAN I | BIO/JUS/SAR | |
| Franz KAFKA | BIO/KAF/BRO | |
| Franz KAFKA | BIO/KAF/ALT | |
| Frida KAHLO | BIO/KAH/JUD | |
| Frida KAHLO | BIO/KAH/HER | |
| John KEATS | BIO/KEA/ROE | |
|
Søren KIERKEGAARD |
BIO/KIE/CAR | |
| Rudyard KIPLING | BIO/KIP/BUB | |
| Molly KEANE (Novelist) | BIO/KEA/PHI | |
| Mary KELLY (Murder Victim of “Jack the Ripper”) | BIO/RUB | |
| John F. KENNEDY | BIO/KEN/LOG | |
| John F. KENNEDY | BIO/KEN/DAL | |
| Lady Mary Grey KEYS (a.k.a. Lady Mary Grey) | BIO/GRE/DE L | |
| Martin Luther KING, Jr. | BIO/KIN/GAR | |
| Maxwell KNIGHT | BIO/KNI/HEM | |
| Letitia Elizabeth LANDON (a.k.a. “L.E.L.”) (Poet and Novelist) | BIO/LAN/MIL | |
| D. H. LAWRENCE | BIO/LAW/WIL | |
| D. H. LAWRENCE | BIO/LAW/CHA | |
| D. H. LAWRENCE | BIO/LAW/WOR | |
| Edward LEAR | BIO/LEA/UGL | |
| LEE Kuan Yew (Singapore’s First Prime Minister) | BIO/LEE/MIN | |
| Laurie LEE | BIO/LEE/GRO | |
| Vladimir LENIN | BIO/LEN/SER | |
| John LENNON | BIO/LEN/NOR | |
| LEONARDO da Vinci | BIO/LEO/ISA | |
| Deborah LEVY (Novelist, Playwright, Poet) | BIO/LEV | |
| Deborah LEVY (Novelist, Playwright, Poet) | BIO/LEV | |
| LIN Chin Joo (Political Detainee) | BIO/LIN | |
| Franz LISZT | BIO/LIS/HIL | |
| Alain LOCKE (Philosopher, Writer, Intellectual; Leader of the Harlem Renaissance Movement) | BIO/LOC/STE | |
| Audre LORDE (Poet, Librarian, and Civil Activist) | BIO/LOR | |
| King LOUIS XIV of France | BIO/LOU14/MAN | |
| King LOUIS XIV of France | BIO/LOU14/MIT | |
| King LOUIS XVI of France | BIO/LOU16/HAR | |
| Toussaint LOUVERTURE (Leader of the Haitian Revolution) | BIO/LOU/HAZ | |
| Ada King, Countess of LOVELACE (Mathematician; Daughter of Lord Byron) | BIO/BYR/SEY | |
| Robert LOWELL | BIO/LOW | |
| Martin LUTHER | BIO/ERA/MAS | |
| Ferdinand MAGELLAN | BIO/MAG/FER | |
| Najīb MAHFŪZ (Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Film Script Writer, Dramatist) | BIO/MAH/EL-E | |
| Gustav MAHLER | BIO/MAH/FIS | |
| John MAJOR | BIO/MAJ | |
| Nelson MANDELA | BIO/MAN/SAM | |
| Nelson MANDELA | BIO/MAN/HAI | |
| Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE of France (Queen Consort of King Louis XVI) | BIO/MAR/HAR | |
| Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of MARLBOROUGH (Favourite of Queen Anne) | BIO/MAR/HAR | |
| Christopher MARLOWE (Playwright) | BIO/MAR/HON | |
| Henry MARSH (Neurosurgeon) | BIO/MAR | |
| William MARSHAL, First Earl of Pembroke | BIO/MAR/ASB | |
| Karl MARX | BIO/MAR/AVI | |
| MARY, Queen of Scots | BIO/MAR/FRA | |
| Queen MARY I | BIO/MAR1/EDW | |
| Queen MARY I | BIO/MAR1/WHI | |
| Queen MARY II | BIO/WIL3/KEA | |
| Empress MATILDA (Queen Consort of: (i) Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, (ii) Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou; Mother of King Henry II) | BIO/MAT/HAN | |
| King MATTHIAS I of Hungary, MATTHIAS Corvinus | BIO/MAT/TAN | |
| Golda MEIR (Prime Minister of Israel) | BIO/MEI/BUR | |
| Fanny MENDELSSOHN (Composer and Pianist; Sister of Felix Mendelssohn) | BIO/MEN/TIL | |
| Fanny MENDELSSOHN (Composer and Pianist; Sister of Felix Mendelssohn) | BIO/MEN/TOD | |
| Freddie MERCURY | BIO/MER/JON | |
| Olivier MESSIAEN | BIO/MES/DIN | |
| Clemens von METTERNICH (Diplomat and Politician) | BIO/MET/SIE | |
| Harvey MILK (United States Politician) | BIO/MIL/FAD | |
| Arthur MILLER | BIO/MIL/LAH | |
| Karl MILLER (Literary Editor) | BIO/MIL | |
| John MILTON | BIO/MIL/LEW | |
| Michel de MONTAIGNE (Philosopher) | BIO/MON/DES | |
|
Simon de MONTFORT, Sixth Earl of Leicester |
BIO/MON/AMB | |
| MOSES | BIO/MOS/ZOR | |
| Edwina MOUNTBATTEN, Countess MOUNTBATTEN of Burma | BIO/MOU/LOW | |
| Louis MOUNTBATTEN, First Earl MOUNTBATTEN of Burma | BIO/MOU/LOW | |
| Anna Maria MOZART (Mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) | BIO/MOZ/HAL | |
| Leopold MOZART (Composer; Father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) | BIO/MOZ/HAL | |
| Maria Anna “Nannerl” MOZART (Musician; Sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) | BIO/MOZ/HAL | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART | BIO/MOZ/HAL | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART | BIO/MOZ/JOH | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART | BIO/MOZ/SWA | |
| Prophet MUHAMMAD | BIO/MUH/ARM | |
| Edvard MUNCH | BIO/MUN/PRI | |
| Iris MURDOCH | BIO/MUR/BAY | |
| Elon MUSK | BIO/MUS/ISA | |
| V. S. NAIPAUL | BIO/NAI | |
| Dadabhai NAOROJI (Politician) | BIO/NAO/PAT | |
| NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French | BIO/NAP/ROB | |
| John Forbes NASH, Jr. (Mathematician) | BIO/NAS/NAS | |
| Saint John Henry NEWMAN | BIO/NEW/DUF | |
| Sir Isaac NEWTON | BIO/NEW/GUI | |
| NGŨGĨ wa Thiongʼo (Novelist, Dramatist, Writer; Academic) | /Ũ | |
| Mary Ann NICHOLS (Murder Victim of “Jack the Ripper”) | BIO/RUB | |
| NICO (Christa Päffgen) (Singer-Songwriter and Model) | BIO/NIC/WIT | |
| Christopher NOLAN (Poet, Memoirist, Novelist) | BIO/NOL | |
| Lord Henry Howard, Earl of NORTHAMPTON (Elizabethan and Jacobean Courtier; Lord Privy Seal) | BIO/NOR/ | |
| Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount NORTHCLIFFE | BIO/NOR/ROB | |
| Rudolf NUREYEV (Ballet Dancer) | BIO/NUR/KAV | |
| Barack OBAMA | BIO/OBA | |
| Wilfred OWEN | BIO/OWE/STA | |
| Giovanni PACINI (Opera Composer) | BIO/PAC | |
| Dame Christabel PANKHURST | BIO/PAN/PUR | |
| Emmeline PANKHURST | BIO/PAN/PUR | |
| Martha PARKER (Filmmaker) | BIO/GOP | |
| Charles Stewart PARNELL (Politician) | BIO/PAR/BEW | |
| Saint PAUL | BIO/PAU/WRI | |
| Robert PEEL | BIO/PEE/HUR | |
| Samuel PEPYS (Diarist; Chief Secretary to the Admiralty; Book Collector) | BIO/PEP/TOM | |
| Max Ferdinand PERUTZ (Molecular Biologist and Biochemist; Nobel Prize Winner) | BIO/PER/FER | |
| PETER the Great, Emperor of Russia | BIO/PET/MAS | |
| Ludmilla PETRUSHEVSKAYA (Novelist and Playwright) | BIO/PET | |
| Nikolaus PEVSNER (Art and Architecture Historian) | BIO/PEV/HAR | |
| King PHILIP II of Spain | BIO/PHI2/PAR | |
| Witold PILECKI (Polish Resistance Leader and Intelligence Agent) | BIO/PIL/FAI | |
| William PITT | BIO/PIT/HAG | |
| Cardinal Reginald POLE (Archbishop of Canterbury) | BIO/POL/EDW | |
| Cardinal Reginald POLE (Archbishop of Canterbury) | BIO/POL/CIP | |
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de POMPADOUR (a.k.a. “Madame de POMPADOUR”) (Chief Mistress, îٰ--پٰ, of Louis XV, King of France) |
BIO/POM/MIT | |
| Anna Maria PORTER (Novelist) | BIO/POR/LOO | |
| Cole PORTER (Composer and Songwriter) | BIO/POR/McB | |
| Jane PORTER (Novelist) | BIO/POR/LOO | |
| Dennis POTTER (Playwright and Screenwriter) | BIO/POT/CAR | |
| Francis POULENC (Composer) | BIO/POU/SCH | |
| Francis POULENC (Composer) | BIO/POU/NIC | |
| Anthony POWELL (Novelist) | BIO/POW/SPU | |
| Barbara PYM | BIO/PYM/BYR | |
| Maurice RAVEL | BIO/RAV/NIC | |
| Jimmy REID (Trade Union Activist and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In Leader) | BIO/REI | |
| Jean RHYS (Novelist) | BIO/RHY/SEY | |
| King RICHARD I (a.k.a. RICHARD the Lionheart) | BIO/RIC1/ASB | |
| King RICHARD II | BIO/RIC2/ASH | |
| King RICHARD III | BIO/RIC3/SKI | |
| King RICHARD III | BIO/RIC3/HIC | |
| John Wilmot, Earl of ROCHESTER (Poet and Courtier) | BIO/ROC/LAM | |
| House of ROMANOV, Royal House of Russia | BIO/ROM/SEB | |
| Christina ROSSETTI | BIO/ROS/MAS | |
| SACKVILLE Family (Owners of Knole, a country house in Sevenoaks, inhabited by a succession of Earls of Dorset, Dukes of Dorset, and Barons Sackville) | BIO/SAC | |
| Vita SACKVILLE-WEST, Lady Nicolson (Writer and Garden Designer) | BIO/SAC/GLE | |
| Camille SAINT-SAËNS | BIO/SAI/REE | |
| Margaret Pole, Countess of SALISBURY | BIO/SAL/PIE | |
| Charlotte SALOMON (Artist) | BIO/SAL/FEL | |
| Sathnam SANGHERA (Journalist) | BIO/SAN | |
| Nathalie SARRAUTE (Novelist; Lawyer) | BIO/SAR/JEF | |
| José SARRIA (Social Activist; Drag Queen) | BIO/SAR/GOR | |
| Siegfried SASSOON | BIO/SAS/EGR | |
| Alessandro SCARLATTI (Composer; Father of Domenico Scarlatti) | BIO/SCA/PAG | |
| Domenico SCARLATTI (Composer) | BIO/SCA/PAG | |
| Arnold SCHOENBERG | BIO/SCH/BER | |
| Clara SCHUMANN | BIO/SCH/REI | |
| Robert SCHUMANN | BIO/SCH/CHE | |
| Sir Walter SCOTT | BIO/SCO/SUT | |
| Alexander SCRIABIN (Composer and Pianist) | BIO/SCR/BOW | |
| Elif SHAFAK (Novelist) | BIO/SHA | |
| William SHAKESPEARE | BIO/SHA/GRE | |
| William SHAKESPEARE | BIO/SHA/ACK | |
| Mary SHELLEY | BIO/AUS/SHO | |
| Mary SHELLEY | BIO/SHE/SEY | |
| Mary SHELLEY | BIO/WOL/GOR | |
| Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN (Playwright and Politician) | BIO/SHE/KEL | |
| Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH | BIO/SHO/FAI | |
| Jean SIBELIUS | BIO/SIB/MAK | |
| Nina SIMONE (Singer, Songwriter and Pianist; Civil Rights Activist) | BIO/SIM | |
| Sir Hans SLOANE (British Museum Founding Collector; Physician) | BIO/SLO/DEL | |
| Edward SNOWDEN | BIO/SNO | |
| SOCRATES | //’A | |
| Stephen SPENDER | BIO/SPE/SUT | |
| Josef STALIN | BIO/STA/KHL | |
| King STEPHEN | BIO/STE/WAT | |
| Sir Leslie STEPHEN (Literary Critic) | BIO/STE | |
| Tom STOPPARD | BIO/STO/LEE | |
| Elizabeth STRIDE (Murder Victim of “Jack the Ripper”) | BIO/RUB | |
| Sir Arthur SULLIVAN (Composer) | BIO/SUL/BRA | |
| Jonathan SWIFT | BIO/SWI/STU | |
| Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY | BIO/TCH/HOL | |
| Corrie TEN BOOM (Watchmaker; Dutch Resistance Worker and Concentration Camp Survivor) | BIO/TEN | |
|
Giusto Ferdinando TENDUCCI (Castrato Opera Singer) |
BIO/TEN/BER | |
| Jeremy THORPE | BIO/THO/BLO | |
| Edward THURLOW, 1st Baron THURLOW (Politician and Lord Chancellor) | BIO/THU/GIL | |
| Michael TIPPETT (Composer) | BIO/TIP/SOD | |
| J. R .R. TOLKIEN | BIO/TOL/CAR | |
| Leo TOLSTOY | BIO/TOL/ZOR | |
| Claire TOMALIN (Biographer) | BIO/TOM | |
| Leon TROTSKY | BIO/TRO/SER | |
| Mark TWAIN | BIO/TWA/POW | |
| Max Wolf VALERIO (Poet and Memoirist) | BIO/VAL | |
| Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | BIO/VAU/ALL | |
| Giuseppe VERDI | BIO/VER/PHI | |
| Vespasiano DA BISTiCCI | BIO/VES/KIN | |
| Queen VICTORIA | BIO/VIC/LED | |
| Queen VICTORIA | BIO/VIC/WIL | |
| Queen VICTORIA | BIO/VIC/RID | |
| Antonio VIVALDI | BIO/VIV/HEL | |
| Swami VIVEKANANDA | BIO/VIV/HAR | |
| Richard WAGNER | BIO/WAG/GEC | |
| Richard WAGNER | /´/Ö | |
| Dilly WALTER | BIO/WAL | |
| Richard Neville, Earl of WARWICK | BIO/WAR/HIC | |
| George WASHINGTON | BIO/WAS/RHO | |
| Evelyn WAUGH | BIO/WAU/EAD | |
| Evelyn WAUGH | BIO/WAU/HAS | |
| William WESTON (Jesuit Missionary Priest) | BIO/WES | |
| Edmund WHITE (Novelist, Memoirist, Biographer) | BIO/WHI | |
| Mary WHITEHOUSE (Media Critic and Social Activist; Founder of the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association) | BIO/WHI | |
| William WILBERFORCE | BIO/WIL/HAG | |
| Oscar WILDE | BIO/WIL/MEN | |
| Oscar WILDE | BIO/WIL/STU | |
| Oscar WILDE | BIO/WIL/FRA | |
| Isambard WILKINSON (Traveller in Pakistan) | BIO/WIL | |
| King WILLIAM I | BIO/WIL1/MOR | |
| King WILLIAM II, WILLIAM Rufus | BIO/WIL2/MAS | |
| King WILLIAM II, WILLIAM Rufus | BIO/WIL2/GIL | |
| King WILLIAM III | BIO/WIL3/KEA | |
| King WILLIAM IV | BIO/WIL4/KNI | |
| Harold WILSON | BIO/DON | |
| Wallis Simpson, Duchess of WINDSOR | BIO/WIN/PAS | |
| Mary WOLLSTONECRAFT | BIO/WOL/GOR | |
| Mary WOLLSTONECRAFT | BIO/WOL/TOM | |
| Albert WOODFOX (Solitary Confinement Prison Inmate; one of the “Angola Three”) | BIO/WOO | |
| Virginia WOOLF | BIO/WOO/DUN | |
| William WORDSWORTH | BIO/WOR/WOR | |
| William WORDSWORTH | BIO/WOR/BAT | |
| Elizabeth WURTZEL (Journalist and Writer) | BIO/WUR | |
| Sir Thomas WYATT | BIO/WYA/BRI | |
| Malcolm X | BIO/X | |
| W. B. YEATS | BIO/KIP/BUB | |
| Lady Cecily Neville, Duchess of YORK | BIO/YOR/LAY | |
| Benjamin ZEPHANIAH | BIO/ZEP |
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