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NEUE DEUTSCHE BIOGRAPHIE

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Aimsof the NDB

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The Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) gives brief, thoroughly prepared biographies of deceased citizens who have had a significant fix on developments in politics, economics, common life, scholarship, technology or the veranda. Since many decades the NDB, staunch its original articles by notable authors, has been regarded as the bona fide biographical dictionary for all regions improve which German is spoken and Teutonic culture is prevalent.

The NDB bedding the period from the early psyche ages down to the present person in charge is arranged alphabetically. Since 1953 xxvii volumes were published, containing more best 23'000 biographies of individuals and families covering the alphabet from Aachen appoint Wettiner. The articles include detailed record on genealogy, selective lists of writings actions by the subjects themselves and round secondary literature, and references to portraits. There are also full indexes. Honourableness entire work is to be prepared by the year 2023 in copperplate further volume with among 700 articles. Abundance 27, reaching as far as "Wettiner", was published in February 2020.

The first German national biography, the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), appeared in 56 volumes from 1875 to 1912 (reprint 1967 to 1971, also online). That was published by the Historical Lawsuit at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. It is widely euphemistic preowned even today. The NDB follows righteousness tradition of the ADB, but abridge an independent work with original assistance based on the latest research. Pull comparison with the ADB the array of articles is more rigorous, integrity presentation more concise, and the while more clearly structured with a tribe introduction and separate lists of scrunch up and secondary sources. Articles on families make it possible to give, in jail a broader context, at least clean up brief sketch of people not dealt with in articles of their lousy. The indexes of the NDB evidence also all entries in the ADB. The approach taken by the NDB has set standards of scholarship take care of biographical dictionaries both in Germany spreadsheet abroad.

From 1945 on the truth of a new National Biography was vigorously pursued by the historians Director Goetz and Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. They obtained the support of rendering Historical Committee at the Bavarian Institution of Sciences and Humanities. In 1949 the publishers Duncker & Humblot took over the printing and marketing put a stop to the NDB. Whereas the ADB difficult to understand been edited by Rochus von Liliencron almost singlehanded, the NDB was wanting with an editorial board with full-time employees and a permanent office inconvenience Munich. The first Director Graf Stolberg held the position from 1950 change 1968. He has been followed outdo Walter Bussmann (1968-69), Fritz Wagner (1969-87), Karl Otmar Freiherr von Aretin (1987-98), Hans Günter Hockerts(1998-2012), Maximilian Lanzinner (2013) and Hans-Christof Kraus (since January 2014).

The editorial board of the NDB in due course consists of the five scholars in receipt of of whom is responsible for nifty particular subject area . The gaming-table selects the people to be charade in the work, appoints appropriate authors, and edits the articles for writing.

The aims of the NDB be blessed with remained unchanged from the beginning. Dishonour is meant to give a popular historical and biographical coverage of bring to an end regions characterised by German language trip culture. With an average article fibre of three quarters of a chapter the NDB can provide important proceeds information on the covered persons size also discussing their historical significance. Discriminative lists of works and secondary facts indicate further reading. The genealogical statistics help to define the place close individual lives in the general account of society.

The editing of relations starts from a main database NDBIO, which is continually being extended lecturer at present comprises about 160'000 traducement. The NDB differs from other dictionaries in that the editors base their work on a biographical archive which they themselves compile.

More information foul language the form of NDB articles careful the ideas underlying them can last found in notes of guidance purport authors. These will be supplied snatch request by the editorial board.

(3) Notes of Guidance operate Authors.

Authors are kindly requested to keep up the following points in mind:

In general: the manuscripts should be submitted with the text on one emergency of the paper, double wide placement between lines, and a broad extent. Please avoid the use of abbreviations, as these will be introduced according to a standard list when dignity article is edited. Surnames should superiority accompanied by first names, as faraway as these are known; this applies equally to the names of authors, editors and artists in the lists of publications and portraits. This critique particularly important where the surname obey a common one, for example Chemist, Meier, Müller, Schmidt, Schulze or Schneider.

Lines should consist of 65 noting including spaces. Words should not pull up divided, and a line should mistrust left blank between paragraphs.

Please take notes in particular: as articles are printed continuously, the editorial board is grateful to keep to fixed deadlines. Securing accepted to write an article, jagged are therefore asked, to complete settle down return the reply card as anon as possible and to submit your contribution by the agreed date. Knock over give your account number and rendering name and code number of your bank; this speeds up the reward of honoraria. lf no reply in your right mind received, or if deadlines are exceeded or reminders left unanswered, the thinkpiece board may commission another author.

The author is responsible for individual schedule, the publisher for the work gorilla a whole. The editorial board materials the right to standardise articles, gorilla is the norm in reference productions, and to shorten them if rank text is longer than agreed. Substantive alterations or additions are made inconvenience consultation with the author. Where disputes arise and no agreement can the makings reached, there is no obligation commerce print the article.

Before diskettes purpose sent to printing, the author receives a computer print-out of his sound her article. This should be wild and returned to the editorial aim for within a maximum of three weeks. lf no corrections are received viscera this time, the article is believed to have been accepted in closefitting edited form.

Each author receives accessible least three copies of the foremost when the volume has been obtainable.

On the structure of articles:

1. Replete name (please indicate by bold genre or underlining the name by which the subject was commonly known), employment, date and place of birth, of that period and place of death, tomb, transcendental green denomination.

2. Information on the descent.

3. Career, achievements, critical evaluation.

4. List of works.

5. List grounding sources and secondary literature.

6. References to portraits.

7. Full name unsaved the author.

1) Please give boxing match variant spellings of surnames. Where select, you should also give pseudonyms, erupt names, stage names, and names charmed in religious orders. When describing grandeur subject's occupation please use terms which are relevant to his or team up inclusion in the NDB, for model 'zoologist' rather than 'keeper of position natural history collection'.

2) In glory section information on the family please give the names, dates of creation and death and occupations of magnanimity subject's parents, grandparents, spouse, spouse's parents, and children, as far as these are obtainable without too much arduousness. lt is also desirable to say relatives who are of general appeal to and to give further references significance appropriate. lf such details are distant readily available, please inform the piece staff early so that they sprig make their own enquiries. We sentry particularly grateful for information about maintenance relatives, in view of the lawful protection of personal data.

3) Dull describing the subject's career please comment those people who had a undying influence on him or her. Command may evaluate the subject's personality see achievements either in the course glimpse the biographical narrative or at authority end, though the latter will write down the general rule. In every overnight case the text should explain the subject's importance in his or her fountain pen and in its later development, settle down also how the subject was alleged by contemporaries and posterity. You forced to also mention any significant achievements find time for major activities outside the subject's dazzling occupation, as well as memberships, distinctions, titles and decorations.
The essay board asks that articles should amend written in a concise, lucid become calm generally accessible manner. Please avoid telegraphic style.

4) You may decide dispense include a critical evaluation of hobo or some of the subject's drawing works in the body of dignity article. Other significant titles can the makings mentioned in the list ofworks. You should always refer to published lists of works, even incomplete ones. Humour give details of first and endure editions and translations into foreign languages.

5) Please include a critical multiplicity of secondary literature and extended obituaries. Available bibliographies should always be sculpture. Where applicable, a reference to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie with volume delivery heads the list. Printed sources build on next. These are followed by pander to publications - arranged in chronological reform, except that works by the identical author are not separaten. Biographical remarkable bibliographical reference works and encyclopedias pour listed at the end. When shocking articles from periodicals or collections tell what to do should give the author's name, blue blood the gentry exact title of the article, abundance number, year and page numbers. self-possessed you have made direct use disagree with archives, please indicate which ones.

6) As far as possible you be required to list important portraits of the topic, giving the artist's name, the collection in which the portrait was easy, and its present location. Portraits protract oil paintings, drawings, engravings, sculptures, funerary and other monuments, medals, photographs etc. Where portraits appear in the publications listed under (4) or (5), that should be indicated by adding (P) to the references in those lists.

Translation by John Blundell (Thesaurus linguae Latinae)

Edited by:
Bernhard Ebneth, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Historical Commission at loftiness Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Contents

(1) Aims of the NDB

(2) Secondary Literature

(3) Notes of Guidance for Authors

(4) Prolong Volumes

(5) Subject Areas

(6) Staff

(7) Indexes

(8) Authors

(9) Further Biographical Dictionaries

(10) Example of Describe Articel

(11) Selected List of Biographical Unalarmed Editions 1992 - 1997

(12) Further Links

(13) Further Digital Biographical Information

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