The International Who's Who

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The International Who's Who is a Who's Who series of reference books of notable people worldwide that has been published annually since 1935.

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History

The first edition was published in 1935 by Europa Publications.[ citation needed ]

The eighth edition (1943–44) was published in 1943 at the height of the Second World War and included for the first time the names of Generals Eisenhower, Vatutin and Govorov. [1] The publishers note in their preface that they took special pains to include details of those in the Axis countries and Adolf Hitler appeared accordingly under H in the book. [2]

From 2000, the series has been published by Routledge, an imprint of the UK publishing group Taylor and Francis, [3] and by 2006 it contained approximately 25,000 entries. [4]

Scams

The Who's Who brand has been tainted by the numerous Who's Who scams, which function by attempting to convince someone that they deserve to be in a Who's Who directory, but a prepayment is required.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shorter notices" in The Spectator , 11 February 1944.
  2. ↑ The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943.
  3. ↑ "The International Who's Who 2010". Online catalogue. Taylor and Francis . Retrieved 2009-07-14.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ The International Who's Who online Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2006. Archived by Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 March 2014.


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