(''NDB'';

literally ''Literally'' is an English adverb meaning "in a literal sense or manner" or an intensifier which strengthens the associated statement. It has been used as an intensifier in English for several centuries, though recently this has been considered ...

''New German Biography'') is a

biographical A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curric ...

reference work A reference work is a document, such as a Academic publishing#Scholarly paper, paper, book or periodical literature, periodical (or their electronic publishing, electronic equivalents), to which one can refer for information. The information ...

. It is the successor to the ''

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 27 volumes published thus far cover more than 23,000 individuals and families who lived in the German language area (

Sprachraum In linguistics, a sprachraum (; , "language area", plural sprachräume, ) is a geographical region where a common first language (mother tongue), with dialect varieties, or group of languages is spoken. Characteristics Many sprachräume are sep ...

). NDB is published in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

by the Historical Commission at the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities () is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject. The general goal of th ...

and printed by

Duncker & Humblot Duncker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Duncker (1813–1879), German publisher and bookseller *Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (1781–1869), German publisher *Franz Duncker (1822–1888), German publisher, politic ...

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. The index and full-text articles of the first 26 volumes are freely available online via the website ''German Biography'' (''

Deutsche Biographie () is a German-language online biographical dictionary. It published thus far information about more than 730,000 individuals and families (2016).Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften''Jahresbericht 2016'' p 7 ...

'') and the

Biographical Portal The Biographical Portal (German: Biographie-Portal) is a free online index to biographical reference works in the German language area. Intended to facilitate access to reliable biographical information, it contains entries for more than 160,000 bi ...

Scope

NDB is a comprehensive reference work, similar to ''

Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

'', ''

Dictionary of American Biography The ''Dictionary of American Biography'' (DAB) was a multi-volume dictionary published in New York City by Charles Scribner's Sons under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). History The dictionary was first propo ...

'', ''

American National Biography The ''American National Biography'' (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Lea ...

'', ''

Dictionary of Canadian Biography The ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' (''DCB''; ) is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada. The ''DCB'', which was initiated in 1959, is a collaboration between the University of Toro ...

'', ''

Dictionary of Australian Biography The ''Dictionary of Australian Biography'', published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Australia, Australian History of Australia, history. With approximately a thousand e ...

'', ''

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography The ''Dictionary of New Zealand Biography'' (DNZB) is an encyclopedia or biographical dictionary containing biographies of over 3,000 deceased New Zealanders. It was first published as a series of print volumes from 1990 to 2000, went online ...

'', '' Diccionario Biográfico Español'', ''

Dictionary of Irish Biography The ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (DIB) is a biographical dictionary of notable Irish people and people not born in the country who had notable careers in Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. History The ...

'', '' Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', and '' Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950'' (ÖBL) (''Austrian Biographical Dictionary'' 1815–1950). Its first volume, alphabetically covering names from "Aachen" to "Behaim", was published in 1953. As of 2016, the most recent volume is the 27th, covering names from "Vockerodt" to "Wettiner", which was published in February 2020. So far, more than 23,000 biographies of individuals and families, who lived in the German language area, have been published. Some 600 further articles will be added in one further volume, with completion expected in 2024. An NDB article usually contains

genealogical Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...

information such as date and place of birth, date and place of death, tomb, parents, grandparents, marriages, divorces, number of children, alternate and

birth name The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

academic degree An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions often offer degrees at various levels, usually divided into und ...

s, a

curriculum vitae In English, a curriculum vitae (,

in whole sentences, a valuation of the subject's political, economic, social, scientific, technical or artistic achievements, a

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and references to portraits. Only deceased persons with a close relation to the German language area are recorded. Each article is signed by its author.

Access

An index cataloguing all articles and the full text of articles in the first 26 volumes, covering names from "Aachen" to "Vocke", is freely available online. The index is also part of the Biographie-Portal (

). This cooperative project of the

Bavarian State Library The Bavarian State Library (, abbreviated BSB, called ''Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis'' before 1919) in Munich is the central " Landesbibliothek", i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria, the biggest universal and research libra ...

(Bayerische Staatsbibliothek), the Historical Commission at the

(Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) the Foundation

Historical Dictionary of Switzerland The ''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'' (Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse; DHS) is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. It aims to present the history of Switzerland in the form of an encyclopaedia, published both on paper a ...

, and

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( (SAZU)) is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy. Cultural significance Establis ...

also makes available data of ''

'' (ADB), '' Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950'' (ÖBL) (Austrian Biographical Dictionary 1815–1950), '' Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse / Dizionario Storico della Svizzera'' (HLS / DHS / DSS), ',

Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank The Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank (People database of Rhineland-Palatinate, RPPD) is an internet database with short biographies of people who have lived or worked in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is being edited at four scientific libraries i ...

(RPPB), ''

Sächsische Biografie ''Sächsische Biografie'' (''SäBi)'' axon biographyis a biographical dictionary of noteworthy persons in the history of Saxony from the 10th century to the present. As of 2014 it contained entries for about 10,500 persons and about 1,250 biogra ...

'' (Saxon Biography), and ''

Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. (, ) is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was offic ...

'' (OeML).

Volumes

Aachen – Behaim
1953, reprint 1971

1955, reprint 1971

1957, reprint 1971

1959, reprint 1971

1961, reprint 1971

1964, reprint 1971

1966

1969

1972

1974

1977

1980

1982

1985

1987

1990

1994

1997

1999
Pagenstecher – Püterich
2001
Pütter – Rohlfs
Mit ADB & NDB-Gesamtregister auf CD-ROM. 2003
Rohmer – Schinkel
Mit ADB & NDB-Gesamtregister auf CD-ROM, second edition. 2005
Schinzel - Schwarz
Mit ADB & NDB-Gesamtregister auf CD-ROM, third edition. 2007
Schwarz – Stader
Mit ADB & NDB-Gesamtregister auf CD-ROM, fourth edition. 2010

2013 #Tecklenburg - Vocke. 2016 #Vockerodt - Wettiner. 2020

Publication details

* ''Neue deutsche Biographie'' / herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, since 1953. .

References

Bibliography

* Ebneth, Bernhard
Vom digitalen Namenregister zum europäischen Biographie-Portal im Internet. Mit einem Bericht aus der Arbeit der Neuen Deutschen Biographie (1997-2009)
in: Jahresbericht der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2010, p. 37-46, first in: Biografische Lexika im Internet. Bausteine aus dem Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde, vol. 15, ed. by Martina Schattkowsky and Frank Metasch, Dresden 2009, p. 13-44. * Hockerts, Hans Günter, Vom nationalen Denkmal zum biographischen Portal. Die Geschichte von ADB und NDB 1858–2008, in: „... für deutsche Geschichts- und Quellenforschung. 150 Jahre Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, ed. by Lothar Gall, München 2008, p. 229–269. * Reinert, Matthias, Schrott, Maximilian, Ebneth, Bernhard, Rehbein, Malte, Team Deutsche Biographie et al.
From Biographies to Data Curation: The Making of www.deutsche-biographie.de
in: BD2015. Biographical Data in a Digital World. Proceedings of the First Conference on Biographical Data in a Digital World 2015. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 9, 2015, ed. by. Serge ter Braake, Antske Fokkens, Ronald Sluijter, Thierry Declerck, Eveline Wandl-Vogt, CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol-1399. pp. 13–19.

External links

German Biography
(Deutsche Biographie)—complete full-text articles, index and further information
Biographical Portal
(Biographie-Portal)—complete index

Neue Deutsche Biographie
(Duncker & Humblot)

* ttp://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?c=startseite&l=en Munich Digitisation Centre, Digital Library department of the Bavarian State Library {{Authority control 1953 non-fiction books German biographical dictionaries Online person databases

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