* Page, Norman, ‘ Housman, Alfred Edward ( 1859 – 1936 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 )

He was — according to the Dictionary of National Biography — a very good man of business.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary Online, the first known recorded usage of the word diaspora in the English language was in 1876 referring " extensive diaspora work ( as it is termed ) of evangelizing among the National Protestant Churches on the continent ".

* Dictionary of National Biography.

" Elizabeth I ( 1533 – 1603 )" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( 2008 ) accessed 23 Aug 2011

" Hayek, Friedrich August ( 1899 – 1992 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online

* Blair, Eric Arthur ( George Orwell ) ( 1903 – 1950 ) at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

* Full biography: " Evans, Marian &# 91 ; George Eliot &# 93 ; ( 1819 – 1880 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2008

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Oxford University Press ).

* Mark Nicholls, The Gunpowder Plot, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ( accessed 07 November 2010 )

‘ Wells, Herbert George ( 1866 – 1946 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 21 Mar 2012.

* Martin Postle, ‘ Reynolds, Sir Joshua ( 1723 – 1792 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ; online edn, Oct 2009.

The American National Biography lists Hanson's birth date as April 3, 1721, which in the modern calendar system is equivalent to April 14, although the older Dictionary of American Biography gives the date as April 13, 1721.

* Dictionary of National Biography

* Anne Hudson and Anthony Kenny, " Wyclif, John ( d. 1384 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 May 2007

* Mary Flowers, " Fuchs, ( Emil Julius ) Klaus ( 1911 – 1988 )", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004,, accessed 24 September 2005.

* Weikel, Ann ( 2004 ; online edition 2008 ) " Mary I ( 1516 – 1558 )" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

" Cromwell, Oliver ( 1599 – 1658 )", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press

* L. R. Croft, " Gosse, Philip Henry ( 1810 – 1888 )," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

* Dictionary of National Biography

* The Summer of Love, Performers in Britain and the United States, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the American National Biography

* Inklings, entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

He was a member of the London-based Political Economy Club and the British Dictionary of National Biography says of him:

note: Sir George Darwin is buried in Trumpington Cemetery, according to the article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

Percival Serle wrote of Phillip in his Dictionary of Australian Biography:

" Benjamin Franklin ," Dictionary of American Biography ( 1931 ) – vol 3, with hot links online

Dictionary of Ming Biography.

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

This article incorporates text from the entry Demiurgus in A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines by William Smith and Henry Wace ( 1877 ), a publication now in the public domain.

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

* Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ).

* Bowden, Henry W. Dictionary of American Religious Biography.

* Henry Wace, Dictionary of Christian Biography, ccel. org

From 1847 he was engaged in editing the Handwörterbuch der reinen und angewandten Chemie ( Dictionary of Pure and Applied Chemistry ) edited by Justus von Liebig, Wöhler, and Johann Christian Poggendorff, and he also wrote an important textbook.

A Dictionary of Early Music: From the Troubadours to Monteverdi.

The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004.

The entry on cabullus in the Oxford Latin Dictionary ( Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982, 1985 reprinting ), p. 246, does not give a probable origin, and merely compare Old Bulgarian kobyla and Old Russian komoń < sub > b </ sub >.</ ref > From caballus arose terms in the various Romance languages cognate to the ( French-derived ) English cavalier: Old Italian cavaliere, Italian cavallo, Spanish caballero, French chevalier, Portuguese cavaleiro, Romanian cavaler.

The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900.

From Webster's 1828 Dictionary: Window, n. The vulgar pronunciation is windor, as if from the Welsh gwyntdor, wind-door.

From the beginning, the extra r was present in the Western forms, and according to the Oxford English Dictionary this was most likely due to an association with Tartarus ( Hell in Greek mythology ), though some claim that the name Tartar was in fact used amongst the Tatars themselves.

From 1909 – 1912, Kilmer was employed by Funk and Wagnalls, which was preparing an edition of The Standard Dictionary that would be published in 1912.

From the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology:

From The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Vol.

" Cinquefoil " in the Middle English Dictionary is described as " Pentafilon – From Greek Pentaphyllon – influenced by foil, a leaf.

From The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Vol.

* From Ireland-Ardglass, description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times 1900 – Volume XIII, Masquerier-Myles.

The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume IX Harris-Hovenden.

The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900.

The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume XIX Stow-Tytler.

* Callanan, Frank: John Dillon in McGuire, James and Quinn, James ( eds ): Dictionary of Irish Biography: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002 ; Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 3 pp. 296 – 302, Cambridge University Press ( 2009 ) ISBN 978-0-521-19976-6

From ' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland ', by Samuel Lewis, 1837

* From The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics ( 2008 ):

The recent monographs are: “ From Eltsin to Putin: three epochs in the historical consciousness of Russians ” ( 2007 ), “ Political Russia: pre-elections guide – 2007 ”, “ Political Dictionary of The Present ” ( 2006 ), “ Russia on the Crossroads of the 2d Term ” ( 2005 ).

He is the author of numerous non-fiction books such as The Dictionary of Imaginary Places ( co-written with Gianni Guadalupi in 1980 ), A History of Reading ( 1996 ), The Library at Night ( 2007 ) and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: A Biography ( 2008 ); and novels such as News From a Foreign Country Came ( 1991 ).

From the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry on CSS Tenessee.

From the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships article on CSS Rappahannock.