Whats the difference between the ANB and the Dictionary of American Biography (DAB)?
The original Dictionary of American Biography (DAB) was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons between 1927 and 1936; the last supplement was published in 1985 and includes people who died no later than 1980. While the DAB has been an essential resource, historical scholarship has advanced considerably in the last sixty years. In publishing the ANB, Oxford University Press and the American Council of Learned Societies have produced a totally new work that incorporates the vast amount of new historical research that has emerged since Word War II.
