did other people contribute to it?
Yes, Mary Shelley
Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men
Mary Shelley
what is the lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men? It was a ten volumes of Dionysius Lardner's 133-volume "Cabinet Cyclopaedia". when was it created? Between 1829–46.
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Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men [SEP] Introduction
Most of them were written by the Romantic writer Mary Shelley. Shelley's biographies reveal her as a professional woman of letters, contracted to produce several volumes of works and paid well to do so. Her extensive knowledge of history and languages, her ability to tell a gripping biographical narrative, and her interest in the burgeoning field of feminist historiography are reflected in these works. At times Shelley had trouble finding sufficient research materials and had to make do with fewer resources than she would have liked, particularly for the "Spanish and Portuguese Lives". She wrote in a style that combined secondary sources, memoir, anecdote, and her own opinions.