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Biographical Sources

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A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists
HB 76 .B535 2000 (Reference)
Provides biographies of women economists, most of whom are dead or retired, and focuses on economists who were important either because they made a substantive contribution to the field or in a few cases, because they were historically important, such as being the first woman in a particular country to contribute to the discipline. Bibliographies are included for each entry.

American National Biography restricted Authoritative biographical essays on more than 17,400 deceased Americans from all eras and walks of life published by Oxford University Press. Some of these entries are for literary figures.

Biographies Plus Illustrated restricted Contains more than 145,000 biographies and more than 36,000 photographs. Includes full text articles from Current Biography and other biographical sources. Many of the biographies have links to other sources and citations to articles.

Great Economists Before Keynes: An Introduction to the Lives and Works of One Hundred Great Economists of the Past
HB 76 .B54 1988 (Reference )

Great Economists Since Keynes: An Introduction to the Lives and Works of One Hundred Modern Economists
HB 76 .B55 1998 (Reference)

Lives of the Laureates: Thirteen Nobel Economists
HB 76 .L58 1995

Who's Who in Economics

HB 76 .W47 2003 (Reference)
This is a biographical dictionary of major economists both living and dead for the years from 1700.

Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists, 1700-1981
HB 76 .W46 1983
Inclusion is determined by frequency of publications in learned journals. The directory includes economists of all eras; information includes major publications, awards, and field of interest.

Who's Who on the Web restricted Provides brief, usually up to date and usually reliable biographical information about more than 1.3 million people. Entries focus on frequently needed facts, such as birthdates, education, career, publications, and other objective data supplied by the individual to the editors. Who's Who in America biographies go back to 1607. The coverage of the rest of the Marquis Who's Who series is from 1985 to the present.

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