When was ODNB published?
23 September 2004
How many volumes did it have?
60
When did the first volume of Directory of National Biography appear?
1 January 1885
Who was Sidney Lee?
Stephen's assistant editor
What position did he get when Stephen resigned?
editor
When did the series close?
1900
With which volume?
63
How many people had contributed to it by 1900?
700
The DNB is a reference work on what?
notable figures from British history,
Name another such European work?
national biographical collections