Science Biographies: Websites

Finding biographical information on scientists

General biographical databases and websites

Access Science This link opens in a new window
Biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography are available under the Biographies tab.

Nature
This leading scientific journal publishes obituaries and profiles of scientists. You can select "Biography" and/or "Obituary" under Advanced Search to find them, or just search for the name you are looking for with the Basic Search.
Science
This leading scientific journal publishes obituaries and profiles of scientists. You can select "Biography" and/or "Obituary" under Advanced Search to find them, or just search for the name you are looking for with the Basic Search.

Science Direct This link opens in a new window
Biographies, tributes, and obituaries published in scientific books in journals are available in this database.
EBSCO Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Click on "Scientists" on the front page to search for biographical information in journals and reference works.

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
A website from Agnes Scott College.
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Biographies of significant figures in the history of chemistry.
Physics Today
Physics Today maintains a searchable database of obituaries printed in the journal and links to obituaries published elsewhere.
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
A website from UCLA.

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