Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Variants: Authorized biographies // Biographical notes // Biographical sketches // Biography // Histories, Life // Life histories // Sketches, Biographical // Unauthorized biographies.Broader Terms: Creative nonfiction // Informational works.
Narrower Term: Autobiographies // Avadana stories // Bio-bibliographies // Biographical comics // Biographical drama // Biographical poetry // Biographical radio programs // Hagiographies.
(From ODLIS: online dictionary for library and information science, July 26, 2014): A carefully researched, relatively full narrative account of the life of a specific person or closely related group of people, written by another. The biographer selects the most interesting and important events with the intention of elucidating the character and personality of the biographee and placing the subject's life in social, cultural, and historical context. An authorized biography, written with the consent and sometimes the cooperation of its subject, may be less critical than an unauthorized biography).
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fedden: The Life of Sir Roy Fedden (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #26), 1998, 1998
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 203, Call No.: TL 540 .F35 G86 1998
Identifier: 20171017
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #26.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Publication: 1998; Copyright: 1998
Henry Royce – Mechanic (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #12), 1989, 1989
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 200, Call No.: TL 140 .R65 .B37 1989
Identifier: 20171014
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #12.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Publication: 1989; Copyright: 1989
Parks College: Legacy of an Aviation Pioneer, 1990, 1990
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 208, Call No.: TL 560.2 .P37 F33 1990
Identifier: 20060304
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Prologue): "Parks College is unique among the world's educational institutions. Its founder, Oliver L. Parks, was one of the pioneer aviators with the vision to see the need to build the College and to nurture it in time of peace and war. He proved to be even more visionary when he gave the school to Saint Louis University, thereby making it part of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1990; Publication: 1990
The Knife and Fork Man: The Life and Work of Charles Benjamin Redrup, 2006, 2007
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 205, Call No.: TA 140 .R43 F35 2007
Identifier: 20160221
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Biography of Sir Charles Redrup, a pioneer of British automobile and aeronautical engines, written by Professor Bill Fairney, "an expert in his field, has carried out an immense amount of research on a story of inventiveness and persistence."Contents (from the Foreword): "This book has everything that an admirer of engineering of all kinds could ask...
Dates:
Copyright: 2006; Publication: 2007