The Biographical Treasury
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The Biographical Treasury, a dictionary of universal biography (London, 1854) was a reference book written and published by British author Samuel Maunder. It reached a 13th edition in 1866, when it was rewritten by William Leist Readwin Cates.[1]
Structure
[edit | edit source]The biographies in the book were arranged in alphabetical order. A detailed bibliography was provided at the end of the book.
Reception
[edit | edit source]The book, essentially a who's who of important persons in Britain at that time, was one of the most popular books of the 19th century.[citation needed] It has proven to be popular even in the 20th century, and is available in several libraries worldwide.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
External links
[edit | edit source]- archive.org
- archive.org
- hathitrust.org
- worldcat.org
- openlibrary.org
- openlibrary.org
- biblio.com
- biblio.com
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
