Authors needed for American National Biography

TERRY L. TAYLOR, CO-EDITOR H-ALBION (TAYLORT@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU)
Wed, 28 Jun 1995 22:37:21 -0600

Oxford University Press is looking for authors to write 1000-word
scholarly articles on some 4,000 subjects that remain to be
commissioned for the AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. The authors
will be paid $50 and will receive a byline. We especially hope
advanced graduate students and recent PhDs will come forward.

Sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, the
ANB is slated for publication by Oxford University Press in
1998. It will be a twenty-volume set comprising more than
19,000 articles on deceased historical figures in the
following fields: politics, diplomacy, and the military;
religion; education; business; law; medicine; science and
technology; social sciences; social reform; literature; art;
performing arts; sports; and miscellaneous categories.

A detailed description of the project, the names of the subjects
who need biographies, and general format of biographical sketches
can be obtained by sending the following command to
Listserv@uicvm.uic.edu
Get AmerBiog Package.

There you will be given more information, including the name and
email address of the contact at Oxford University Press.