If your students are researching a famous person, this site may be for them. Established in 1997, this site has biographies of over 30,000 men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. Students or teachers can search the dictionary by birth and death dates, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords. This is a Wikipedia type system and everyone can edit biographies or even make their own.