{{Short description|1854 Samuel Maunder reference book}} {{italic title}} '''''The Biographical Treasury, a dictionary of universal biography''''' (London, 1854) was a reference book written and published by British author Samuel Maunder. It reached a 13th edition in 1866, when it was rewritten by William Leist Readwin Cates.<ref>{{ODNBweb|id=4880|title=Cates, William Leist Readwin|first=Myfanwy|last=Lloyd}}</ref>
==Structure==
The biographies in the book were arranged in alphabetical order. A detailed bibliography was provided at the end of the book.
==Reception==
The book, essentially a who's who of important persons in Britain at that time, was one of the most popular books of the 19th century.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} It has proven to be popular even in the 20th century, and is available in several libraries worldwide.
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==External links== * [https://archive.org/details/cihm_37292 archive.org] * [https://archive.org/details/cihm_54110 archive.org] * [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008975714 hathitrust.org] * [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6562236 worldcat.org] * [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7024855M/The_biographical_treasury openlibrary.org] * [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19018370M/The_biographical_treasury openlibrary.org] * [http://www.biblio.com/books/47582920.html biblio.com] * [http://www.biblio.com/books/226367950.html biblio.com] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Biographical Treasury}} Category:1854 books Category:British biographical dictionaries {{bio-dict-stub}}