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Biographical Sources


The sources listed below will help you find background information on a person, whether contemporary or historical. Search the JHU Libraries Catalog and other catalogs to find additional titles. Try the following subject headings:


China | Japan Korea | Southeast Asia, South Asia

China   

General, 20th Century and Contemporary
Biographical Dictionary of Republican China (5 v.).
MSEL Gen Ref: DS778.A1B51967 QUARTO
Who's Who in the People's Republic of China.
MSEL Stacks: DS778.A1 B331
1987 (also earlier editions)
Chung-hua Min Tsu Chieh Ch`u Jen Wu Chuan (5 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DS734.C6194
 1983
Directory of officials and organizations in China : a quarter-century guide.
MSEL Gen Ref: JQ1507.L36 1994
Directory of officials and organizations in China, 1968-1983.
MSEL Stacks: JQ1507 .L361 1984
Historical
Sung Biographies [English, French, German].
MSEL Stacks:ZDS751.5.S961
1976
In the Service of the Khan: Eminent Personalities of the early Mongol-Yuan Period.
MSEL Stacks: DS3.A8
[Asiatische Forshungen] Bd. 121
Yuan Chao Ming Chen Shih Lueh.
LSC:
 DS752.5.S8 1887
Pa Shih Chiu Chung Ming Tai Chuang Chi Tsung Ho Yin Te [Combined Indices to 89 Collections of Ming Dynasty Biographies] (3 v.).
MSEL
Stacks: DS753.5.T531
Dictionary of Ming Biography.
MSEL
Stacks: DS753.A84 1976
Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing.
MSEL
Stacks: DS734.U65
Erh ch'en chuan [Officials Serving Under Both the Ming and Ch'ing Court].
LSC/Spec. Collections: DS734.E7 1800z
Han Ming Ch'en Chuan (32 v. in 4 cases) [Han Chinese Officials].
LSC/Spec. Collections: DS734.H35 1800z
Man Han Ming Ch'en Chuan (46 v. in 6 cases) [Manchu and Han Chinese Officials].
LSC/Spec.
Collections: DS734.M35 1800z
Ch'ing Tai Ch'i Pai Ming Jen Chuan (3 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DS734.T71984
Shih Hsing Yun Pien.
LSC: DS734
.W285 1903
Chung-kuo Ku Tai Ming Nu Jen Chuan [Prominent Women in Ancient China].
MSEL Stacks: DS734.C63 1950z

Japan

 
General, 20th Century and Contemporary
Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Greatest Men and Women.
MSEL Stacks: CD1833.W47 1999
Who's Who in Japan. (issued every two years)
MSEL Gen Ref: CT1836.W47 (earlier editions in MSEL Stacks)
Who's Who in Jananese Government. (issued every two years)
MSEL Gen Ref: JQ1621.W4 (earlier editions in MSEL Stacks)
Historical
Samurai Warlords: The Book of Daimyo
MSEL Stacks: DS869.A1T871 1989 (Covers 15th to 19th centuries)
Bakumatsu Seijika [Political Figures of the Bakumatsu].
MSEL Stacks DS881.5A1 F78 1989 (early 19th century)
Great Historical Figures of Japan
MSEL Stacks: DS834.G7 1978
Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History
MSEL Gen Ref: DS834.B561 1978
Rainichi Seiyo Jinmei Jiten.
MSEL Stacks: DS832.7.A1 T35 1983
Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits (3 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DA566.9.A1 B731 a994

Korea 

 
Who's Who in Korean Literature.
MSEL Gen Ref: PL957.7.W47 1996
Han'guk Munhak Yon'gu Sajon [Korean Literature Research Dictionary].
MSEL
Stacks: PL957.7.Y53 1990 (covers 20th century literary figures)
Han'guk Sohwaga Inmyong Sajon [Who's Who of Korean Calligraphers and Painters.
MSEL Gen Ref: ND1457.K65 (covers
individuals from allhistorical periods)
Han'guk Chakkokka Sajon [Who's Who of Korean Composers].
MSEL Gen Ref: ML106.K6H85 1999

Southeast Asia, South Asia

Who Was Who in British India.
MSEL
Stacks: DCT1503.R531998 QUARTO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      













                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



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