- Discover kings, queens, crooks, criminals, politicians, bankers and everyone in between
- Check up on great achievements and great failures
- Find out who did what to whom
- Thousands of suggestions for further reading
- Contains more biographies than any other reference work of its type
- International and historical coverage of all areas of human achievement including the arts, science, technology, sport, politics, philosophy and business
- Meticulously researched and expertly written
First published in 1897, Chambers Biographical Dictionary is the most comprehensive and readable single-volume biographical dictionary available.
The ninth edition has been thoroughly updated and remains wide-ranging and international in scope, offering concise, authoritative and illuminating entries on individuals from Alexander the Great to Frank Zappa, and from Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden.
“Incomparably the best” – The Sunday Times
“Simply all you need to know about anyone” – Fay Weldon
“Chambers Biographical Dictionary is quite easily the best reference book in the world” – Sunday Telegraph