Who's Who, ISBN 0-713-662-751, is an annual British publication by A & C Black of very short biographies of about 30,000 famous and/or important Britons, published since 1849. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Subjects are added by invitation, with entries normally written autobiographically, and only removed from the publication upon death of the subject. The 1897 edition's preface claimed that it covered those whose "prominence is inherited, or depending on office, or the result of ability which singles them out from their fellows". For the first two parts, biographies are adding for all holders of titles of Peerage, MPs, judges, and certain levels of civil servant are always included. For the third, and representing many of the entries, are added those from a wide range of fields whom have distinguished themselves, such as journalists, actors, lawyers, researchers, and artists. 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Schematic of court system for England and Wales The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system - England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ... In UK politics, the civil service of the United Kingdom is the permanent bureaucracy that administers the United Kingdom. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A lawyer or attorney at law is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ...

Every ten years a volume of Who Was Who is published, with the Who's Who entries for those who have died in the previous decade.

See also

• Marquis Who's Who

External link

• Official site (http://www.ukwhoswho.com/)