Philosophy

Biographies

Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers, edited by Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, and Robert Wilkinson, (London: Routledge, 1996)
*R-AB 96-127, Rose Main Reading Room
A collection of brief biographies of twentieth-century philosophers, along with bibliographies of their main publications and secondary literature.

Collinson, Diane, Fifty major philosophers: A reference guide, (New York: Routledge, 1987)
*R-YAB 87-6009, Rose Main Reading Room
Provides short biographical sketches of 50 major philosophers from Greek antiquity to the twentieth century, with a brief explanation of their ideas. Written for the general reader.