Some resources for scientific biography:
CALL #       Q141 .A474. (most recent edition in Science Reference)
TITLE        American men & women of science. A biographical directory of 
               today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences.
IMPRINT      New York : Bowker, c1989-

CALL #       Q141 .A74 1972.
AUTHOR       Asimov, Isaac, 1920-
TITLE        Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology; the
               lives and achievements of 1195 great scientists from ancient 
               times to the present, chronologically arranged.
IMPRINT      Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972.

CALL #       Q141 .B528 1994. (Science Reference)
TITLE        The biographical dictionary of scientists / consultant editor, 
               Roy Porter.
IMPRINT      New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

CALL #       Q141 .B53 1994. (Science Reference)
TITLE        Biographical encyclopedia of scientists / John Daintith, Sarah 
               Mitchell, Elizabeth Tootill, Derek Gjertsen.
IMPRINT      Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., c1994.
CONTENTS     v. 1. A to K -- v. 2. L to Z.

CALL #       Q141 .D5. (Science Reference)
TITLE        Dictionary of scientific biography / Charles Coulston Gillispie, 
               editor-in-chief.
IMPRINT      New York : Scribner [1970-

CALL #       Q141 .G38 1984.
AUTHOR       Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer, 1918-
TITLE        A historical catalogue of scientists and scientific books : from 
               the earliest times to the close of the nineteenth century / 
               Robert Mortimer Gascoigne.
IMPRINT      New York : Garland Pub., 1984.

CALL #       Q141 .W7. (Science Reference)
TITLE        World who's who in science: a biographical dictionary of notable 
               scientists from antiquity to the present. Editor: Allen G. 
               Debus. Associate editors: Ronald S. Calinger [and] Edward J. 
               Collins. Managing editor: Stephen J. Kennedy.
IMPRINT      Chicago, Marquis-Who's Who, inc. [1968]

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