This site contains biographical information about Herman Melville, as well as critical analysis of his works. Includes links to online text for Melville's major works.

Part of a larger site about the history of the transistor, this brief biography of Lee de Forest, the inventor of the audion, includes a QuickTime movie that shows how it worked.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University presents Hobbes' life in an outline, giving easy access to the critical information. This is a great site to check out for information on the subject.

This site from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke provides a biography in outline form and a chronology of major events in the life of Herman Melville (1819-1891 CE). Includes a discussion of issues and themes in Melville's...

This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an outline form biography on Francis Bacon. The information that is provided includes topics such as: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, and so on.