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| Biography Websites |
| 1. Famous People 1 |
| www.famouspeople.co.uk/ |
| Biographies are arranged by the FIRST NAME of the person. Simply click on the letter of the alphabet you require.
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| 2. Famous People 2 |
| www.famouspeople.com/famous_biographies.htm |
| This list of biographies is arranged by the person's FIRST name.
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| 3. Famous Scots |
| www.ers.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/ers/erssecondary/ers_secondary_famousscots.cfm |
| This webpage gives a list of websites
to link to. Try clicking on any website from the GENERAL
list.
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| 4. Factmonster |
| http://www.factmonster.com/people.html |
| Scroll down until you see the "Search
Biographies" box. Type the name of your person in the
box.
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| 5. Biogs |
| www.biogs.com |
| Scroll down to the bottom of the page and
click on Browse by subject or
alphabetically by surname then choose the person
you are looking for, from the lists displayed.
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| 6. Wikipedia |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |
| An internet encyclopedia,
which people can contribute to. Type the
name of your person into the search box to see the
article on them.
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| 7. The Internet Movie Database |
| www.imdb.com/ |
| Internet Movie Database contains short biographies and trivia about movie stars. Type the person's name into the search box.
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| 8. General biographies |
| www.biography.com |
| Click on BIOGRAPHY SEARCH. Type name
into search box & click on person's name to see article.
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9. Historical biographies |
| www.historychannel.com |
| Type name of person into search box.
Click on result.
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| 10. Encarta |
| www.encarta.com |
| Simply type in the name of the person
you are looking for and you will be given a list of articles
to choose from - click on the article you want to read.
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| 11. Rock and roll hall of fame |
| www.rockhall.com/ |
| Click ENTER, type the name of your
chosen musician into the search box and click GO.
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| 12. Channel 4 Bookbox |
| www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/home.htm |
| Alphabetical list of fiction authors.
Click on the name to see author profile.
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| 13. Inventors from the British Isles |
| www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/brit.shtml |
| Gives short biographies of inventors.
Click on the letter of the inventor's second name to
see their biography.
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14. Distinguished women of past and present |
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Alphabetical list of famous women. Use the search facility to find the person. |
