Biography

African American Women Writers of the 19th century biographies
Over 20 biographies of African American women writers of the 19th century.
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/biographies.html

Biography and Biographies
A collection of biographies describing the influential lives of famous people in past and present times.
http://www.biography-and-biographies.com

Biography Project
Describes the influence of authors, artists, scientists, film makers and others on underground culture. Links, life and works.
http://www.popsubculture.com/

Biogs.com
Biographies of authors and other famous people that provide a flavour of the personality as well as relating the key events in the subjects' lives.
http://www.biogs.com

The Classical Fiction Writers
Biographies of the classical fiction writers, including Balzac, Conrad, and Steinbeck.
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/BiosFiction.htm

The Diary Junction
A major new (non-commercial) internet resource providing information on, and links for, over 300 historical and literary diarists
http://www.pikle.demon.co.uk/diaryjunction.html

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
This site contains biographies of people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada.
http://www.biographi.ca/index2.html

Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
Written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/

Erowid Character Vaults
Information about visionary characters including biographies, publication lists, articles and links.
http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/characters.shtml

Famous writers
Biographies of writers like JK Rowling, Stephen King, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Michael Crichton.
http://www.celebsa-z.com/writers.htm

HistoryLink101 Biography
Here you can be connected to quality historical biographical sites on the web by culture.
http://www.historylink101.com/history_biography.htm

NNDB
Tracking the entire world.
http://www.nndb.com/

Sherwood Times
Newspaper dating from 1190 includes Tales of Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and biographies of famous Nottinghamshire characters - D.H.Larence, and Lord Byron.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sherwoodtimes

The Sound of Sight
This is a story of a boy, born out of catastrophe, nourished by the love of his family and the concern of his community.
http://www.thesoundofsight.com

Sylvanus Griswold Morley Autobiography
A Non-Transcendental Autobiography of Sylvanus Griswold Morley, professor of Spanish at UC Berkeley.
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~rgf/

Vandergrift's Biography and Autobiography Page
A brief page on biographical/auto-biographical writing geared towards teaching young people.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/biography.html

Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930
Over two dozen travel diaries, journals, and publications by women ranging from Elizabeth Bisland to Irene Wright.
http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/womtrav.htm