Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is available on-line via the Edinburgh Libraries portal.

http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/odnb

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography contains the life stories of over 50 000 people. As well as searching by name you can look up people by place of birth, school, year of death and so on. Having inserted your library membership number, this screen will appear and you can type in the name you are seeking.

Similar process to The Scotsman resource.

If a common name you are likely to get various individuals listed and you may need to know more about the individual to check if any of those listed are the person you are seeking. If the person you are searching is listed, you can then read and copy the entry.