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  • 121
    General History and Archive books
    The Dictionary of National Biography, 1951-1960. With index 1901 - 1960
    Ref:GB 254 GH/230
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Author: Williams, E.T. (ed); Palmer, Helen M. (ed) Date of Publication: 1971 Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • 122
    Peter Mackay Archive
    [National Democratic Party] Biographies of Ndabaningi Sithole, Herbert Chitepo and Joshua Nkomo
    [1962]
    Ref:GB 559 USASC/MK/1/4/1/27
    Location:University of Stirling Archives & Special Collections
    Extent:6 pages
    Language:English
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  • 123
    Papers of John Smith, 1846-1930, geologist, antiquarian & natural historian, Ayrshire, Scotland
    The Biography of John Smith, Ayrshire Geologist and Naturalist by Alex Boyd
    1930
    Ref:GB 248 DC 054/12/3
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:1 publication
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  • 124
    General History and Archive books
    Dictionary of National Biography. Twentieth Century 1912 - 1921. With index 1901 - 21
    Ref:GB 254 GH/345
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Author: Davis, H. W. C. (ed); Weaver, J. R. H. (ed) Date of Publication: 1927 Publisher: Oxford University Press; London
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  • 125
    Joan Auld Memorial Collection
    Without quarter: a biography of Tom Johnston, 'the Uncrowned King of Scotland'
    Ref:GB 254 JAMC 923.241 G 148
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Author: Galbraith, Russell Date of Publication: 1995 Publisher: Mainstream; Edinburgh
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  • 126
    Grant and Robinson papers
    The Authoritative Biography of the Founder of Modern Christian Missions: William Carey
    1924
    Ref:GB 254 MS 432/4/1/12
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:1 Volume
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  • 127
    The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans
    Printed copy of the family tree and biography of Sta Teresa de Jesus
    c 1717 - c 1866
    Ref:GB 254 MS 17/9/20/13
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:1 file
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  • 128
    Christopher Whatley
    Fife Libraries - Books on Local Subjects, Part 1. General Works, Biographies, Family Histories
    Ref:GB 254 UR-SF 36/B/4/10/1
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Book/Directory Date of Publication: 1962 Publisher: Fife Libraries, Kirckaldy District Council; Kirckaldy, Scotland
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  • 129
    John Logie Baird papers
    Brief biography of John Logie Baird in advertisement for Royal Bank of Scotland
    1973
    Ref:GB 249 OM/11/15/10/2
    Location:University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections
    Extent:2 pp
    Language:English
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  • 130
    Manuscript biography of Robert Burns by Gabriel Setoun, pseudonym of Thomas Nicoll Hepburn
    1901
    Ref:GB 237 Col-1922
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Name of creator:
    Hepburn Thomas Nicoll 1861-1930 (Scottish author and poet).
    Extent:1 volume
    Language:English
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  • 131
    Records of Glasgow University Queen Margaret Settlement Association: Glasgow University Settlement, student voluntary association
    Biography of Janet Ann Galloway (1841-1909), founder of the Queen Margaret College Settlement
    not dated
    Ref:GB 248 DC 022/2/1/9
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:1 sheet
    Language:English
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  • 132
    Papers of Sir James Lithgow, 1883-1952; shipbuilder & industrialist
    Correspondence concerning the preparation of the biography of Sir James by J M Reid
    1959
    Ref:GB 248 DC 035/25
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Language:English
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  • 133
    Papers of Sir David Paton Cuthbertson, 1900-1989, pathologist and biochemist, lecturer in chemistry, University of Glasgow
    Material regarding unpublished biography - To Know and to Nourish: Reflections of a Scots Nutritionist
    1980s
    Ref:GB 248 DC 296/1
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
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  • 134
    Records of Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, rope makers and textile manufacturers, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland
    Unpublished biography of Robert Owen titled Robert Owen at Lanark by B T Danek
    20th century
    Ref:GB 248 UGD 042/7/50
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:1 volume English
    Language:English
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  • 135
    General History and Archive books
    Dictionary of National Biography 1922 - 1930. With an index covering the years 1901 - 1930
    Ref:GB 254 GH/540
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Author: Weaver, J. R. H. (ed) Date of Publication: 1937 Publisher: Oxford University Press; London
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  • 136
    General History and Archive books
    Dictionary of National Biography 1941 - 1950. With an index covering the years 1901 - 1950
    Ref:GB 254 GH/550
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Author: Wickham Legg, L. G. (ed); Williams, E. T. (ed) Date of Publication: 1959 Publisher: Oxford University Press; London
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  • 137
    General History and Archive books
    Dictionary of National Biography 1931 - 1940. With an index covering the years 1901 - 1940
    Ref:GB 254 GH/546
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Extent:Author: Wickham Legg, L. G. (ed) Date of Publication: 1949 Publisher: Oxford University Press; London
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  • 138
    Erik Chisholm Archive
    Chasing a Restless Muse: Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist biography proposal and research by John Purser
    N.D.
    Ref:GB 2607 EC/4/10
    Location:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Archives & Collections
    Extent:file
    Language:English
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  • 139
    Papers of William Douglas Weir, 1877-1959, 1st Viscount Weir of Eastwood, industrialist and public servant, Giffnock, Scotland
    Notes, papers and correspondence with Eric Linklater for a biography of the 1st Lord Weir
    1962-1963
    Ref:GB 248 DC 096/3/3
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Language:English
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  • 140
    Hugh MacDiarmid Collection
    Photocopy of the biography and photograph of William Gallacher, founder of the Communist Party of Scotland.
    Ref:GB 605 DC007/HM/EM/1/18
    Location:University of the West of Scotland Special Collections
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