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These national biographies cover persons no longer living who were prominent in the history of that country (often including its colonial extensions). For exact coverage dates and information on other criteria for inclusion, see the front matter of the individual title. Online versions are regularly updated with new entries.

• American National Biography.

  Online version of the standard national biography of the United States. Profiles of more than 23,000 notable American women and men from all eras of U.S. history who are no longer alive. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, thousands of hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and archival sources. Articles are updated and added regularly. The ANB supersedes the Dictionary of American Biography, the previous standard national biography of the United States.
  For persons not listed in the ANB, check the less authoritative, older National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (Olin Library Reference CT 213 .N27)

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  American Biographical Institute

  The American Biographical Institute (ABI) was a paid-inclusion vanity award publisher based in Raleigh, North Carolina which had been publishing biographical reference directories since 1967. It generated revenue from sales of valueless certificates and books to those listed. Each year the company awarded hundreds of "Man of the Year" or "Woman of the Year" awards at between $195 and $295 each.

  Its awards were frequently denounced as scams by politicians,^[1] journalists,^[2][3] and others.^[4][5][6] The Government of Western Australia's ScamNet service considers the American Biographical Institute to be a scam vanity publisher "who appeals to people who want a plaque on their wall or see their name in a book, even if the honour has no real credibility—in effect, they have purchased the honour."^[7]

  The company went bankrupt in 2012.^[8]

  Operations

  The ABI invited individuals to purchase various honors as a commemorative in their inclusion for a specific b

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  About the Biography Institute

  Biographies have risen in popularity significantly in recent years. Amongst the signs of this increased popularity is the growing number of biographies that have been published as a dissertation. As a response to this development this resulted in the establishment of the Biography Institute within the University of Groningen in 2004 and the Department History and Theory of Biography in 2012.

  The Biography Institute has the following objectives:

  • to offer both a supportive infrastructure and more specific support related to a variety of subjects for graduate students engaged in biographical research,

  • to stimulate the further development of a theoretical framework with regard to the biography as an academic genre.

  The Biography Institute aims to achieve the latter objective by organising academic conferences and symposia and by the publication of biographies, conference papers and academic articles.

  Apart from conference papers the series Tweede leven (Second Life) is being published. In this series, for which the Biography Institute acts