Biographie universelle
compilation by Michaud
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The Biographie universelle (1811–62) was a significant compilation of biographies, created by J.F. Michaud. This work, along with Hoefer's Nouvelle Biographie générale, represented major efforts in international biographical reference collections during the 19th century. These large-scale biographical dictionaries were important for research libraries and contributed to the growing trend of compiling biographical facts on a global scale, a task that later largely reverted to general encyclopedias.12
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