Work
Who Was Who
Overview
Who Was Who is a book that is companion to A & C Black's Who's Who.
When the subject of a Who's Who entry dies, the biography is transferred to the next volume of Who Was Who, where it is usually printed as it appeared in its last Who's Who, with the date of death added.
The first volume of Who Was Who covered deaths between 1897 and 1915. They were then published at 10-year intervals, and since 1990 at five-year intervals.
Who Was Who series:
1897–1915, 1988 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2670-4
1916–1928, 1992 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3143-0
1929–1940, 1967 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-0171-X
1941–1950, 1980 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2131-1
1951–1960, 1984 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2598-8
1961–1970, 1979 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2008-0
1971–1980, 1989 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3227-5
1981–1990: 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3336-0
1991–1995: 1996 ISBN 0-7136-4496-6
1996–2000: 2001 ISBN 0-7136-5439-2
2001–2005: 2006 ISBN 0-7136-7601-9
2006–2010: 2011 ISBN 9781408146583
2011–2015: 2016 ISBN 9781472924322
Corrections
Errors contained in Who's Who entries are corrected in Who Was Who (the deceased subjects cannot object to corrections because they are deceased).
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
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Place in the tradition
Part of Roger Scruton.