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With the addition of newly condensed biographies from Supplement 9 (1994) and Supplement 10 (1995), the dictionary now includes entries on all 19,173 persons treated in the parent set and its supplements. The 1063 new entries cover outstanding Americans who died prior to January 1, 1981, including Margaret Mead, Duke Ellington, Charles Lindbergh, and Jesse Owens. This edition retains the fourth's occupation index, and introduces a new birthplaces index. Edited under the sponsorship of the American Council of Learned Societies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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