Other Resources

• Portrait Gallery 

 

 

A selection of portraits of historical figures from the Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin. The images in this collection are in the public domain. You do not need to ask permission to use these images.

• Index of Scientists: "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences." 

 

 

Alphabetical listing of African American scientists. Includes biography and bibliography for each individual.

• Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography 

 

 

Award winning site-wonderful resource for Scientific Biographies arranged alphabetically.

• Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present 

 

 

Biographies of famous women. Allows user to search by name or subject.

• WWWVL History of Science, Technology and Medicine 

 

 

Biographies of individuals in science, technology, and medicine. Also good index of historical information on science, technology, and health related topics.

• Indexes of Biographies 

 

 

Alphabetical and chronological listings.

• Biographical Dictionary 

 

 

Brief biographies on over 28,000 individuals. Biographies provide good information, but are not in depth.

• PBS - History 

 

 

Biographies and history information based on PBS programming.

• Presidents of the United States 

 

 

Good biographies of the Presidents along with links to other Internet resources.
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