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A plain link to link to another article within DNB. Compared with DNB link which provides an annotated link including publication detail. The default is to point to an article from one of the original 63 volumes, designated (DNB00).

Usage
DNB articles have the nomenclature Surname, Firstname, so the basis of the link is

eg. produces  that links to Newton, Isaac (DNB00)

Noting however, that some references in the volumes may give the name in a standard text context, eg. Isaac Newton, to represent this a second parameter should be used

eg. produces

DNB also published supplements which can be identified by their year of publication, for example Supplements were published in 1901 (DNB01) and Errata in 1904 (DNB04). A second variable is required to point to these years
 * Supplements

eg. produces  that links to Munk, William (DNB01)

or produces

For linking from other works where there is a page reference, or similar, then one can utilise to link to either a page anchor, or a specific anchor.
 * Optional parameter

eg. produces that links to  page 375 within the article.