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Current Biography
CUMULATED INDEX
1940-2025
Current Biography
Current Biography gives readers up-to-date 
biographical profiles of accomplished and rising  
stars of politics, industry, science, technology,  
the arts, and entertainment from the United States 
and around the world.
H.W. Wilson’s Current Biography has been delivering 
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contemporary importance since 1940. Current Biography 
is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful 
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Current Biography strives to provide readers with in-
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are not only accomplished in their professions, 
but whose life stories are a celebration of human 
achievement. 
Current Biography 
Cumulated Index, 1940-2025
The Current Biography Cumulated Index makes it easy to find biographies of 
individuals profiled from the first edition published in 1940. With both a Name 
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newspaper and magazine articles, books, the internet,  
and observations of journalists and associates. 
Roughly 150 individuals are profiled throughout each 
year.  Profiles are approximately 2,000 words and include 
biographical statistics and a bibliography for easy access 
to additional information. Multiple photographs accompany 
most of the entries.
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