Short biographies of influential people, both living and dead. Each entry links to articles about the subject in newspapers, magazines, and periodicals.
Biography in Context combines over 330,000 biographies on nearly 220,000 people from more than 625 volumes of nearly 80 sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, and Writers Directory, with full-text articles from more than 250 magazines including American History and U.S. News & World Report.
The Oxford DNB defines "national" as British, broadly construed to encompass large portions of the former British empire. It was first published between 1885 and 1900, and updated frequently. New biographies are added several years after the death of the subject.