American National Biography

*American National Biography*
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Oxford University Press for the American Council of Learned Societies
Published	1999 (24 vols.); 2002 (1st Supplement); 2005 (2nd Supplement);
Media type	Print, Digital
No. of books	26
Preceded by	Dictionary of American Biography
Website	www.anb.org

The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

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