[Yulpub] Fwd: Oxford DNB Online Update!

Mon Jan 9 16:19:21 EST 2006

New additions to the Oxford DNB -- including a new featured essay by Frank 
Prochaska.

-Sue

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>New Lives added in January 2006
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>The 202 new biographies capture the diversity of recent British history : 
>from royalty to comedy, scientific discovery to leisure time, and theatre 
>to business enterprise. New lives include:
>    * Royalty: detailed biographies of 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76927>Queen Elizabeth the queen 
> mother and her daughter 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76713>Princess Margaret
>    * Comedy and entertainment: the inclusion of 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76715>Spike Milligan now completes 
> the dictionary's coverage of The Goons; an entry on 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76775>Dudley Moore reunites him 
> with <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/59802?docpos=3>Peter Cook 
> (d.1995), recreating one of the best-known comedy double acts of the 
> 1960s and 70s.
>    * Science: the new release recalls an age of scientific excellence 
> with four Nobel prize winners: the chemists 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77176>Archer 
> Martin,<http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61414> Max Perutz and 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77183?docPos=3>George Porter, and 
> the molecular biologist,<http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76774> 
> Cesar Milstein.
>    * Theatre and film: <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76933>John 
> Thaw , best known for his role as the Oxford-based sleuth, Inspector 
> Morse; plus <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77336?docPos=3>Richard 
> Harris whose career ranged from King Arthur to Professor Dumbledore in 
> the Harry Potter films. Other new lives include the directors 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77256?docPos=3>Joan Littlewood and 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77405?docPos=3>Karel Reisz (best 
> known for the film version of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning).
>    * New musical lives show the diverse and changing tastes of post-war 
> Britain: from 'king of skiffle' 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77381>Lonnie Donegan and novelty 
> folk singer <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/88712?docpos=3>Jake 
> Thackray to The Who's 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76977?docpos=3>John Entwistle and 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/88710?docpos=3>Joe Strummer of The 
> Clash.
>    * Business entrepreneurs include 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76700?docPos=3>De Haan, creator of 
> Saga Holidays; the industrialist 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77068>Arnold Weinstock who built 
> GEC into one of Britain's most successful companies; 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76712?docpos=3>Erna Low, pioneer 
> of the package ski 
> tour;<http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77327?docpos=3> Sam Alper, 
> caravan manufacturer and creator of the Little Chef restaurant chain, and 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76925?docpos=3>Gerald Whent who, 
> as chief executive of Vodafone, was a key player in the early stages of 
> the mobile phone revolution.
>    * Shapers of the 1960s: many of our new lives were figures who define 
> the Sixties: football 
> commentator<http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76796> Kenneth 
> Wolstenholme (of 'Some people are on the pitch ' fame), the sociologist 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76682?docpos=3>Michael Young, a 
> leading figure in the new Open University, and, of course, the firebrand 
> Labour politician, 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76877?docpos=3>Barbara Castle.
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>New Themes for reference and research
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>The January update also includes new feature essays in the 'Themes' area - 
>the Oxford DNB's online companion guide to British history. New features 
>include essays by:
>    * Frank Prochaska on <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/94910>'The 
> monarchy and charity'
>    * Douglas Gray on <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/94766>'Geoffrey 
> Chaucer and vernacular literature'
>    * Anita McConnell on 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/92750>'Scientific instrument makers, 
> c.1300-1945'
>    * Geraint H Jenkins on 
> <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93796>'Iolo Morganwg, "Bard of Liberty"'
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>New website features
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>We've added 10,000 links from Oxford DNB biographies to the personal 
>records in the National Portrait Gallery's online catalogue. The NPG 
>catalogue is free, and illustrated, so you can use the link at the left of 
>the Oxford DNB biography to go straight to the NPG's likenesses of that 
>person.
>    * Users can now add a 'Search the Oxford DNB' button to their 
> browser's toolbar. It's as easy to install as adding a bookmark. Once 
> you've installed it, you can highlight a name on any web page, click the 
> button, and you'll run a search for that person in the Oxford DNB.
>    * We're also providing a small 'Search the Oxford DNB' box, which 
> subscribers can add to their own web pages. Now you can make the Oxford 
> DNB accessible from anywhere within your web site. Librarians might want 
> to add it to a reference databases page; tutors might add it to a reading 
> list.
>    * Both the button for the toolbar and the search box are available at 
> <http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/subscribers/customize/>http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/subscribers/customize/ 
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> From January 2006, the Oxford DNB includes 50,731 articles in which are 
> told the life stories of 55,557 people, from the earliest times to 2002.
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>Don't forget you can sign up for 'Life of the Day' and have a new 
>biography delivered daily to your mail box.
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