As early as 1858, Brown had begun compiling stories and biographies of theatrical performers in the United States.

Mr. L'Amour has lectured widely, traveled the West thoroughly, studied archaeology, compiled biographies of over one thousand Western gunfighters, and read prodigiously (his library holds more than two thousand volumes).

Other historical projects include compiling biographies of approved ancestors, sponsoring historic trips and historic publications, and providing plaques and historic markers.

He compiled the names and biographies of many of those who narrated hadith from the time of the Companions until his time.

Mohammad Akram Nadwi, a Sunni religious scholar, has compiled biographies of 8,000 female jurists, and orientalist Ignaz Goldziher earlier estimated that 15 percent of medieval hadith scholars were women.

The Greens spent two years and $150,000 compiling Jewish history, religion and folklore texts, biographies and a cookbook.

A nineteenth century writer compiling short biographies of the leading citizens of Poland referred to Dunn as: "an ardent Democrat, to which party he still adheres with a tenacity seldom witnessed."

Esperantist historians like Yukio Hirai, Ulrich Lins and Marco Antonio Botella has studied his career and compiled brief biographies.

"I also compiled biographies which are not passed down among the common people - Shenxian zhuan - in ten chapters."

For Mr. Gabriel, the five years were a mix of excitement, fun and hard work that included compiling biographies and obtaining consent forms from each celebrity mentioned in the book.