Research Guides: Biography: By Occupation

Politicians & Statesmen

CQ Federal
Formerly called CQ.com on Congress, this database provides extensive coverage of the activities of both Houses of Congress, including Committees. Includes daily articles and reports analyzing Congressional activity, as well as member profiles, the text of bills, schedules and agendas, committee reports and testimony, and more. Simultaneous users: 10 + IP access

Leadership Directories: Who's Who in the Leadership of the United States
Contact information for the leaders of major US government, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations.
Federal Yellow Book : Who's Who In Federal Departments And Agencies
Location: REF READY JK 6 .F45
Congressional Yellow Book
Location: REF READY JK 1013 .C65
Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress: 1774 to the Present.
Martindale-Hubbell
Use Martindale-Hubbell to find a laywer.

Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists.

American Men & Women of Science.
Also in print at call number Q 141 .A47
History of Mathematics: Indexes of Biographies.
Maintained by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
Mathematics Genealogy Project.
Mathematicians! Maintained by the Department of Mathematics at the North Dakota State University.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians.
Maintained by the Department of Mathematics at Agnes Scott College.
Nobel e-Museum.
The official web site of the Nobel Foundation. Biographies of all prize winners.
Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Mathematicians
Location: REF QA 28 .B565 1985
Notable Mathematicians: From Ancient Times to the Present.
Notable Mathematicians: From Ancient Times to the Present.
Location: QA 28 .N66 1998
GWU and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia.
Use this to find biographical information on former GW professors.
George Washington University Mathematicians: Biographical Binder
Special Collections Research Center, Gelman Library, Room 704.
Staff has compiled a print packet of biographical information on selected mathematicians who have been faculty members at GW.

Oxford Art Online
The complete text of The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Grove Dictionary of Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, with ongoing additions of new material and updates.