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Dictionary of Scientific Biography**** -- perhaps the most authoritative general source, with entries composed by expert historians. Owned by many library reference sections (14 volumes).
Sci-Philately -- scientists portrayed on stamps.

AIP's Emilio Segrè Visual Archives**** -- (1507+ images!); excellent quality images, no fees for educational use.
Images of Physicists*** -- mostly B+W, all "fair use" [Harry Nelson]
Pictures of Physicists*** -- extensive (319+) not all are copyright free (not well labeled); also on stamps [Joachim Reinhardt]
Physicists on the Money -- literally, as portrayed on global currency
Check also ChemTeam's Photo Gallery [John Park]

Classic Papers -- although primarily devoted to posting original works, links to biographical information are frequent
ChemTeam's Photo Gallery

4,000 Years of Women in Science (which here means mostly before 1900!?) — biographies, photos and references. Quality and depth are inconsistent, but the site has promise for future growth (**)
photos [only] of Cambridge University graduates (scientists not labeled as a group): Carol Vorderman, Penelope Leach, Alice Stewart, Wendy Savage, Julia Shelton, Sarah Springman, Olga Kennard, Jane Goodall, Anne Campbell, Alison Brown, Margaret Bray and Jocelyn Bell Burnell
see also African-American Women of Science

African-American "Faces of Science"**** (~170, past, present and "future") -- also identified women [Mitchell Brown, Louisiana State University Libraries]
bibliography [Wayne State Univ. Lib.]
partial list of African American inventors

NACNAS Biography Project -- mostly interviews of current scientists. (The general theme is role models and recruitment.) [The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americansin Science]

last updated: 10/15/00

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