Sir Sidney Lee was an English biographer, writer, and critic.
Sir Sidney in 1924
Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) was published on 23 September 2004 in 60 volumes and online, with 50,113 biographical articles covering 54,922 lives.
The title page of the first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography (1885)
George Murray Smith conceived of the DNB, subsidised it, and saw it finally into print before he died in 1901.
Some volumes of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography