Over 700 biographical entries of individuals who impacted the world during the 19th century. Organized by geographic area and occupation and includes maps and charts.
General Note
"Editor, first edition, Frank N. Magill.".
Some of the essays in this work originally appeared in Dictionary of world biography and a series of works collectively titled, Great lives from history, both edited by Frank N. Magill; with new material added.
Content Note
v. 1. Abdelkader - Porfirio Díaz -- v. 2. Charles Dickens - Ferdinand Lassalle -- v. 3. Benjamin Henry Latrobe - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -- v. 4 Friedrich Karl von Savigny - Émile Zola; Indexes.