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Published in 2001 by Merriam-Webster, Inc. Most entries are light rewrites of Encyclopaedia Britannica articles, sometimes updated with new information. A number of new entries have been added as well. Approximately 1,062 person entries, with additional sections for works and movements.

People in this reference: 856 Those presently living: 179 Those deceased: 677     White: 767 Black: 64 Multiracial: 9 Hispanic: 5 American Aborigine: 5 Asian: 3 Asian/Indian: 1 (not specified): 1 Middle Eastern: 1     United States: 839 England: 7 Ireland: 2 (not specified): 1 Jamaica: 1 Germany: 1 Poland: 1 Spain: 1 Canada: 1 Russia: 1 Austria: 1

Edward Abbey       Jacob Abbott       Walter Abish       M. H. Abrams       Kathy Acker       Diane Ackerman       Louis Adamic       Abigail Adams       Alice Adams       Brooks Adams       Charles Follen Adams       Franklin Pierce Adams       Henry Adams       James Truslow Adams       John Adams             ·             · (826 names omitted for brevity)             ·             ·       C. Vann Woodward       Douglas Woolf       Alexander Woollcott       Herman Wouk       Harold Bell Wright       James Wright       Richard Wright       Elinor Wylie       Frank Yerby       Anzia Yezierska       Marguerite Young       Stark Young       Morton Dauwen Zabel       Paul Zindel       Louis Zukofsky

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