The supplements published between 1912 and 1996 added about 6,000 lives of people who died in the twentieth century to the 29,120 in the 63 volumes of the original DNB. Abbadie - Beadon, The Dictionary of national biography: founded in 1882 by George Smith, The dictionary of national biography: 1922-1930, The dictionary of national biography: 1912-1921, The Dictionary of national biography: founded in 1882 by George Smith : Supplement January 1901 - December 1911, Dictionary of National Biography: concise dictionary of national biography, Dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to 1900, The Dictionary of national biography: From the earliest times to 1900, The concise Dictionary of national biography: Part II, 1901-1950 : being an epitome of the Twentieth century D.N.B. xxx sq. I Oxf. Welcome to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. A painstaking transcription from scanned public domain copies is underway at WikiSource: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_DNB. 1866), and published a seventh edition in 1720. : Missing persons [from the beginnings to 1985], The Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to 1900 Volume XV, Owens-Pockrich, The Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to 1900 Volume X, Howard-Kenneth, The Dictionary of national biography, 1971-1980: with an index covering the years 1901-1980 in one alphabetical series, The Dictionary of national biography: the concise dictionary. The suggestions were assessed by the editor, the 12 external consultant editors, and several hundred associate editors and in-house staff. He approached Leslie Stephen, then editor of the Cornhill Magazine, owned by Smith, to become the editor. Dictionary of national biography: From the earliest times to 1900, Dictionary of national biography ...: [Fourth supplement] 1922-1930, The Dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to 1900. The sixth edition of Phillips's 'New World of Words,' which was published in 1706, was edited by him (Pref. Harrison was succeeded as editor by another Oxford historian, Dr Lawrence Goldman, in October 2004. Volume 1. Kersey early came to London, where he seems to have had relatives (cf. Kersey obtained a wide reputation as a teacher of mathematics. Paston - Percy, Dictionary of National Biography: Volume 6. In 1708 was printed his 'Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum, comprehending a brief explication of all sorts of difficult words;' a new edition in 1715 contained 'words and phrases made use of in our ancient statutes, old records, charters;' the third edition appeared in 1721. Conder - Craigie, Dictionary of National Biography: Volume 10. Another dictionary, the 'New English Dictionary,' of which the first edition is said to have appeared in 1702 (2nd 1713, 3rd 1731, &c.), was also assigned on the title-page to J. K., but Kersey's responsibility for the work has been questioned. ', John Kersey the younger (fl. 1634–1675). The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. ​KERSEY, JOHN, the elder (1616–1690? 104; Chester, London Marriage Licenses, p. 790), and gained a livelihood as a teacher. of Banbury, p. 485) to have died about 1677, but the date must he later, as the eighth edition of Wingate was edited by him in 1683. [1] The year of publication, the editor and the range of names in each volume is given below.