Biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history.
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Meet the People Who Made History
Provides contextual information on the world’s most influential people. Over 600,000 biographical entries cover a range of historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers.
Built on a foundation of more than 640,000 biographical entries, Gale In Context: Biography covers international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Includes over 4,800 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures merging authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.