Frederic Boase’s Modern English Biography is a six-volume biographical dictionary covering persons who died between 1851 and 1900 — an invaluable reference work compiled by a Cornish antiquary and published privately between 1892 and 1921. This first volume covers surnames from A to H and contains thousands of concise notices on figures ranging from the prominent to the obscure, including many omitted from the Dictionary of National Biography.
For genealogists, historians, and literary researchers, Boase remains a uniquely useful Victorian reference source. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg for the complete first volume of this essential work.