Nouvelle Biographie Générale

Title page of volume 1, 1852

The Nouvelle Biographie Générale[1] ("New General Biography"), was a 46-volume, French-language, biographical reference work, compiled between 1852 and 1866 by Ferdinand Hoefer, French physician and lexicographer.

The first nine volumes were entitled Nouvelle Biographie Universelle ("New Universal Biography").

Notes

  1. ↑ Its full title was Nouvelle Biographie Générale, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources a consulter ("New General Biography, from earliest times to the present, with bibliographic information and details of sources to consult").

The volumes of the Nouvelle Biographie Générale (pub. Firmin Didot fréres etc.) in various file formats in the Internet Archive:

Nouvelle Biographie Générale
Volume From To
Volume 1AAAlfez
Volume 2Alfieri Aragona
Volume 3Aragonèse Azzubeydi
Volume 4Baaden-DurlachBeaumanoir
Volume 5BeaumarchaisBiccius
Volume 6BichatBoulduc
Volume 7BoulenBzovius
Volume 8CabaciusCaselles
Volume 9CasenaveCharost
Volume 10CharpentierCochran
Volume 11CochraneCortès
Volume 12CortèseDanrémont
Volume 13DansDewlet
Volume 14DexbachDuchesnois
Volume 15DuchyEmmery de Sept-Fontaines
Volume 16EmmetFaes
Volume 17FaeschFloris
Volume 18FlorusFryxell
Volume 19Fuad-EffendiGeoffrin
Volume 20GeoffrinGoerres
Volume 21GoertzGrevile
Volume 22GrévinGyulay
Volume 23HaagHennequin
Volume 24HennertHolophira
Volume 25HolstIrwin
Volume 26IsaacJoséphine
Volume 27JosépinKoegler
Volume 28KoehlerLa laure
Volume 29La LiborlièreLavoisien
Volume 30LavoisierLettsom
Volume 31Leu.Louis-Napoléon
Volume 32Louise se SavoieMaldeghem
Volume 33MaldonadoMartial
Volume 34Martialis GargiliusMérard de Sainte-Juste
Volume 35MératMonnier
Volume 36MonniotteMurr
Volume 37MurrayNicolini
Volume 38NicolleOzerof
Volume 39PaawPhilopémen
Volume 40PhiloponusPreval
Volume 41PrévalayeRenouard
Volume 42RenoultSaint-André
Volume 43Saint-AngeSimiane
Volume 44SimlerTesta
Volume 45TesteVermond
Volume 46Verne (La)Zyll.

A list of contributors appears at the end of volume 46, the final volume.

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