The Dictionary of national biography

"Founded in 1882 by George Smith." First published 1885-1901, in 66 volumes. The main dictionary (to 1900) is in two alphabetical series, v. 1-21, and the supplementary v. 22, in which were added lives of persons who had died too late for inclusion in their places (as well as lives of some who had been accidentally omitted). "Memoir of George Smith": v. 1, p. [xxi]-lix.