The Who's Who in ...? series is an indispensable source of information and ideas to support the study of biography and key figures across the curriculum. Each title contains biographies for 50 people who have made their mark on history. Colourful and accessible entries describe famous lives and legacies, including timelines, quotes, photographs and reliable, internet-linked lists of resources to explore.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Who's Who in, Whos Who in ? .

There are 48 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Charlotte Guillain is a published author of children's books. Some of her credits include Saving Water, Saving Energy, Reusing and Recycling and Caring for Nature in the Help the Environment series. Chris Oxlade is an experienced writer of children's non-fiction and specialises in scientific subjects. Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's books, specializing in geography.