Economics Subject Guide

Biographical Sources

 

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A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists

HB 76 .B535 2000 (Reference Collection)
Provides biographies of women economists, most of whom are dead or retired, and focuses on economists who were important either because they made a substantive contribution to the field or in a few cases, because they were historically important, such as being the first woman in a particular country to contribute to the discipline. Bibliographies are included for each entry.

American National Biography restricted

Authoritative biographical essays on more than 17,400 deceased Americans from all eras and walks of life published by Oxford University Press. Some of these entries are for literary figures.

Biographies Plus Illustrated restricted

Contains more than 145,000 biographies and more than 36,000 photographs. Includes full text articles from Current Biography and other biographical sources. Many of the biographies have links to other sources and citations to articles.

Great Economists Before Keynes: An Introduction to the Lives and Works of One Hundred Great Economists of the Past

HB 76 .B54 1988 (Reference Collection)

Great Economists Since Keynes: An Introduction to the Lives and Works of One Hundred Modern Economists

HB 76 .B55 1998 (Reference)

Lives of the Laureates: Eighteen Nobel Economists

HB 76 .L58 2009

Who's Who in Economics

HB 76 .W47 2003 (Reference Collection)
This is a biographical dictionary of major economists both living and dead for the years from 1700.

Who's Who on the Web restricted

Provides brief biographical information about more than 1.3 million people across a variety of occupations. Entries focus on frequently needed facts, such as birthdates, education, career, publications, and other objective data supplied by the individual to the editors.
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