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Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Paperback)

by Magnus Magnusson (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 1604 pages
  • Publisher: Chambers; 5th Revised edition edition (Sep 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0550160418
  • ISBN-13: 978-0550160416
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,352,316 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20,000 biographies of distinguished people in every age and every walk of life. The coverage is international, and covers all aspects of human endeavour, including literary, political, artistic, musical, legal, medical, scientific, religious, historical, military and criminal. The dictionary is revised and updated regularly; the previous edition was published in 1984.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing because of notable absences., 21 April 2009
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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This book is described by the publishers as "20,000 profiles of famous men and women ranging from the mainstream to the controversial, and spanning the centuries, from the earliest times to the present day." Apart from the poor use of punctuation!, on using the book, I immediately found this statement to be far from accurate.

As one would expect, there are some very big names; Einstein, Eisenhower, Churchill, Mohammed Ali, Lawrence Olivier to mention but 5. On the other side of the coin, however, there are also a great many obscure people - Churchill's son, for example, appears to have been included simply because of his famous father. Naturally, those which one person might describe as obscure will be well known to others with an interest in whatever field of expertise applies. In my case, I am a former soldier and I was exceedingly disappointed by the absence of some very notable, British Generals and Field Marshalls and people of equivalent rank in other services.

Whilst nobody can be proficient in all fields of endeavour, if the lack of such notable British military figures is repeated across other areas of interest (and Colin Powell is also absent!) then this book will only serve to disappoint those who purchase the product in order to read about the leading people in their particular sphere of interest.

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