Wikisource:WikiProject DNB/Most wanted articles

This page is for anyone to list those articles in the Dictionary of National Biography that are "most wanted" for creation. These articles can be from any of the original 63 volumes or from the first two supplements, which are now in the public domain. In practice lists can be imported here from elsewhere, to give some structure to the business of choosing what topics to work on.

The preferred format for entries on this list is Surname, Given name (DNB00), but that still does not allow for ambiguous names. But the important thing is to add enough information to identify the article you want added; a person who is more experienced with the project can always come by later and fix the link. Once articles have been added, they may be removed from the list.


 * 1 I wanted Overton, Richard (DNB00) but was baffled from creating it myself because of a bad scan. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * 2 Here are a dozen needed because WP quotes the article and it's not created here yet:


 * Thomas Flamank (no article through 01)
 * Luigi Lablache
 * John Rennie the Elder
 * David George Ritchie
 * Henry William Stisted

3. Enforcers of Magna Carta
 * Aubigny, William d', third earl of Arundel (c.1174–1221)
 * Bigod, Roger (II)
 * Clare, Richard de
 * Huntingfield, William of
 * Malet, William
 * Ros, Robert de
 * Vere, Robert de
 * Vescy, Eustace de
 * Malet, William
 * Ros, Robert de
 * Vere, Robert de
 * Vescy, Eustace de
 * Ros, Robert de
 * Vere, Robert de
 * Vescy, Eustace de
 * Ros, Robert de
 * Vere, Robert de
 * Vescy, Eustace de


 * 4. Irish history, recent WP creations
 * Nugent, Christopher
 * Nugent, William

5. A list from w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Anglicanism/To-do. These are likely figures to have a DNB article, but the list requires checking.
 * 1) Thomas Arnold
 * Richard Meux Benson
 * Thomas Bray
 * Joseph Butler
 * Thomas Thellusson Carter
 * Thomas Cartwright (churchman)
 * Philander Chase
 * Richard William Church
 * Robert Henry Codrington
 * 1) John William Colenso
 * John Colet
 * John Cosin
 * Nicholas Ferrar
 * 1) Richard Field (theologian)
 * Richard Hurrell Froude
 * Francis Fulford (bishop)
 * Orlando Gibbons
 * Edmund Tyrrell Green
 * 1) George Herbert
 * Richard Hooker (theologian)
 * Fenton John Antony Hort
 * 1) John Hulse
 * 2) William Reed Huntington  American Preacher
 * John Jewel
 * Thomas Ken
 * Edward King (English bishop)
 * 1) Hugh Latimer
 * Robert Leighton (prelate)
 * John Lightfoot
 * John Longland
 * Charles Fuge Lowder
 * Robert Machray
 * John Marbeck
 * Charles Pettit McIlvaine
 * Robert Campbell Moberly
 * John Mason Neale
 * William Paley
 * William Palmer (theologian)
 * John Coleridge Patteson
 * John Pearson (scholar)
 * John Purchas
 * 1) Edward Reynolds
 * 2) Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
 * 3) John Rogers (religious)
 * John Charles Ryle
 * 1) Robert Sanderson
 * 2) Edwin Sandys
 * Edward Gordon Selwyn
 * 1) George Augustus Selwyn
 * 2) Charles Simeon
 * 3) Edward Stillingfleet
 * Waite Hockin Stirling
 * 1) John Stokesley
 * 2) Herbert Thorndike
 * 3) Anthony Wilson Thorold
 * Daniel Waterland
 * Richard Whatley
 * 1) Thomas Wilson (bishop)
 * 2) Bellew, Richard (DNB00) . Volume 4. Page 193. Wanted for the article Richard Bellewe which cites the DNB.
 * 3) Bendlowes, William (DNB00) . Volume 4. Page 213. Wanted for the article William Bendlowes which reproduces the DNB with minor alterations.
 * 4) Comyns, John (DNB00) . Volume 11. Page 464. Wanted for the article John Comyns which cites the DNB.
 * 5) Kyd, Stewart (DNB00) . Volume 31. Page 348. Wanted for the article Stewart Kyd.
 * 6) Hammond, Anthony (1758-1838) (DNB00) . Volume 24. Page 240. Wanted for the article Anthony Hammond (legal writer).
 * 7) Blackstone, William (1723-1780) (DNB00) . Volume 5. Pages 133 to 140. Wanted to supplement the article William Blackstone and for the article Henry Blackstone's Reports which cites the DNB.
 * 8) Bingham, Peregrine (1754-1826) (DNB00) . Volume 5. Page 51. Wanted for the article Peregrine Bingham the elder.
 * 9) Bingham, Peregrine (1788-1864) (DNB00) . Volume 5. Page 51. Wanted for the article Peregrine Bingham the younger and the last mentioned article which cites it.
 * 10) Bligh, Richard (1780-1838?) (DNB00) . Volume 5. Page 218. Wanted for the article Richard Bligh
 * 11) Bligh, Richard Rodney (DNB00) . Volume 5. Page 218. Wanted to supplement the article Richard Rodney Bligh.
 * 12) Archbold, John Frederick (DNB01). 1901 supplement. Volume 1. Page 54. Wanted for the article John Frederick Archbold.