A new edition of the Dictionary of National Biography is in preparation at the University of Oxford with general support from the British Academy and Oxford University Press. All entries in the old DNB will be revised or rewritten and 12,000 new articles will be added. It is a particular priority to improve the coverage of groups who were relatively poorly represented in the old DNB. Irish people are one such group.
Suggestions for Irish men and especially Irish women from all walks of life and all parts of Ireland who merit inclusion in the New DNB will be gratefully received, as well as comments and suggestions for the edition as a whole.
Questionnaires available from Elizabeth Baigent, Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, tel: (01865) 56767, fax: (01865)267806, E-mail: newdnb@oup.co.uk.