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CGREE Biography & Memoir Archive is an independent catalogue of source-attributed public-domain editions focused on Biography & Memoir. Each record connects readers with edition facts, historical context and the original source record.

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This collection of 96 works spans biographies, memoirs, diaries, journals, and letters. It features subjects such as Samuel Johnson, English authors, lexicographers, critics, women, admirals, and missionaries. Representative authors include James Boswell, George Birkbeck Norman Hill, and J. Holland Rose. Titles range from William Black: The Apostle of Methodism to The Story of General Gordon and Biographia Scoticana.

Covering periods from the 18th century to the Victorian era, the collection also includes works on enslaved persons, Napoleon I, and Mary Slessor. Editors like David Widger and Edmund Lee have contributed to these texts, which are drawn from reliable sources and curated for historical and literary value.

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