Swiss Biographical Archive

The Swiss Biographical Archives (Schweizer biographisches Archiv; Archives biographiques Suisses; Archivio biografico svizzero; SBA[1]) are biographical reference books which were published from 1952 to 1958 in 6 volumes by Willy Keller at EPI Verlag internationaler Publikationen in Zürich.[2] It contains short biographies of Swiss people who played a role in the cultural, economic, political and military life and sports of the country at that time.[3]

It is one of the (many) references of the German Biographical Index (Deutsches Biographisches Archiv).

Notes
  1. Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950. Edited by Christoph König. Vol. 1: A–G. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2003. p. LV.
  2. Robert B. Slocum: Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: Universal biography; National or area biography. Volume 1 of Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: An International Bibliography of more than 16000 Collective Biographies. Gale Research Co., 1986, p. 424. ISBN 0810302438
  3. Willy Keller: Zum Geleit. In: Schweizer Biographisches Archiv. Vol. 1. Zürich, Lugano, Vaduz: EPI Verlag Internationaler Publikationen, 1952. p. 9 f.
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