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full name e.g. huygens or aalb*. [more...]
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The search function takes spelling variants into acccount (so, searching for uil and uyl gives the same results).If you don't like this, you can use double quotes to search for a literal string: "uijl".
You can use wildcards (? for one single character, * for one or more characters) in your search. For example, searching for seven* finds all names with words starting with 'seven'.
family name e.g. huygens or aalb*. [more...]
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Type a name or a part of a name
The search function takes spelling variants into acccount (so, searching for uil and uyl gives the same results).If you don't like this, you can use double quotes to search for a literal string: "uijl".
You can use wildcards (? for one single character, * for one or more characters) in your search. For example, searching for seven* finds all names with words starting with 'seven'.
born e.g. may 1650 to september 1655. [more...]
  • In the fields 'born', 'died', and 'alive' you can seach for a certain day (for example 22 april) or a complete date (for example 22 april 1734 ). You can also only use numbers ( 22 4 1734 = 22 april 1734).
  • The fields can also be used to determine a time period. For example: May 1945, after 1500 , before 1650, or between 1750 and 1760.
  • For those that are interesed in Astrology: a search for people born between 22 december and 20 january results in a list of all Capricorns.
  • You can use the search fields 'born', 'died' and 'alive' in combination with other search fields as well. If, for example, you are search for writing women in the 19th Century, you could select 'born after 1770' and 'died before 1900', sex: 'female' and category: 'Literature'.
  • For selections of people who were alive during a certain period, you can use the field 'alive'. For example between 1940 and 1945.
place of birth e.g. Zaamslag.
died e.g. before 1914. [more...]
  • In the fields 'born', 'died', and 'alive' you can seach for a certain day (for example 22 april) or a complete date (for example 22 april 1734 ). You can also only use numbers ( 22 4 1734 = 22 april 1734).
  • The fields can also be used to determine a time period. For example: May 1945, after 1500 , before 1650, or between 1750 and 1760.
  • For those that are interesed in Astrology: a search for people born between 22 december and 20 january results in a list of all Capricorns.
  • You can use the search fields 'born', 'died' and 'alive' in combination with other search fields as well. If, for example, you are search for writing women in the 19th Century, you could select 'born after 1770' and 'died before 1900', sex: 'female' and category: 'Literature'.
  • For selections of people who were alive during a certain period, you can use the field 'alive'. For example between 1940 and 1945.
place of death e.g. Den Helder.
alive e.g. 1795 to 1813. [more...]
  • In the fields 'born', 'died', and 'alive' you can seach for a certain day (for example 22 april) or a complete date (for example 22 april 1734 ). You can also only use numbers ( 22 4 1734 = 22 april 1734).
  • The fields can also be used to determine a time period. For example: May 1945, after 1500 , before 1650, or between 1750 and 1760.
  • For those that are interesed in Astrology: a search for people born between 22 december and 20 january results in a list of all Capricorns.
  • You can use the search fields 'born', 'died' and 'alive' in combination with other search fields as well. If, for example, you are search for writing women in the 19th Century, you could select 'born after 1770' and 'died before 1900', sex: 'female' and category: 'Literature'.
  • For selections of people who were alive during a certain period, you can use the field 'alive'. For example between 1940 and 1945.
gender
category [?]
The ‘reasons’ for people’s fame and hence their inclusion in a biographical register may be extremely diverse, besides which people may be famous for more than one thing. For the time being, we are using a rough classification system to assign people to various walks of life.
For more information, see FAQs
religion
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free search in the text e.g. vroedvrouw or *moord* [more...]
You can perform a free search by entering a keyword or keywords.
In this way you can search all reference material included in the portal. The results generated by this search will not always be of good quality: in some cases the text has been scanned in using OCR software. You may also find that only part of the biography has been included.
bioport identifier e.g. 43405721 [more...]
The "BioPort Identifier" is a unique number that is assigned to each person in the biographical portal. The number does not change.

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NB. All persons included in the Biographical Portal can be found by name. Users should be aware that the results generated by other search options may be incomplete, since in some cases the personal details have not yet been entered. We are presently working at filling in all remaining gaps.

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