Nouvelle Biographie Générale
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.
Title page of volume 1, 1852
The first nine volumes were entitled Nouvelle Biographie Universelle ("New Universal Biography").
Notes
- 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").
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External links
The volumes of the Nouvelle Biographie Générale (pub. Firmin Didot fréres etc.) in various file formats in the Internet Archive:
| Volume | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | AA | Alfez |
| Volume 2 | Alfieri | Aragona |
| Volume 3 | Aragonèse | Azzubeydi |
| Volume 4 | Baaden-Durlach | Beaumanoir |
| Volume 5 | Beaumarchais | Biccius |
| Volume 6 | Bichat | Boulduc |
| Volume 7 | Boulen | Bzovius |
| Volume 8 | Cabacius | Caselles |
| Volume 9 | Casenave | Charost |
| Volume 10 | Charpentier | Cochran |
| Volume 11 | Cochrane | Cortès |
| Volume 12 | Cortèse | Danrémont |
| Volume 13 | Dans | Dewlet |
| Volume 14 | Dexbach | Duchesnois |
| Volume 15 | Duchy | Emmery de Sept-Fontaines |
| Volume 16 | Emmet | Faes |
| Volume 17 | Faesch | Floris |
| Volume 18 | Florus | Fryxell |
| Volume 19 | Fuad-Effendi | Geoffrin |
| Volume 20 | Geoffrin | Goerres |
| Volume 21 | Goertz | Grevile |
| Volume 22 | Grévin | Gyulay |
| Volume 23 | Haag | Hennequin |
| Volume 24 | Hennert | Holophira |
| Volume 25 | Holst | Irwin |
| Volume 26 | Isaac | Joséphine |
| Volume 27 | Josépin | Koegler |
| Volume 28 | Koehler | La laure |
| Volume 29 | La Liborlière | Lavoisien |
| Volume 30 | Lavoisier | Lettsom |
| Volume 31 | Leu. | Louis-Napoléon |
| Volume 32 | Louise se Savoie | Maldeghem |
| Volume 33 | Maldonado | Martial |
| Volume 34 | Martialis Gargilius | Mérard de Sainte-Juste |
| Volume 35 | Mérat | Monnier |
| Volume 36 | Monniotte | Murr |
| Volume 37 | Murray | Nicolini |
| Volume 38 | Nicolle | Ozerof |
| Volume 39 | Paaw | Philopémen |
| Volume 40 | Philoponus | Preval |
| Volume 41 | Prévalaye | Renouard |
| Volume 42 | Renoult | Saint-André |
| Volume 43 | Saint-Ange | Simiane |
| Volume 44 | Simler | Testa |
| Volume 45 | Teste | Vermond |
| Volume 46 | Verne (La) | Zyll. |
A list of contributors appears at the end of volume 46, the final volume.
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