Template:DNBfirst

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Usage

Minimum:

• {{DNBfirst|wstitle=}}

Common:

• {{DNBfirst|last=|first=|wstitle=|volume=|page=|pages=|display=}}

Parameter description:

• wstitle or title. Required.
  • wstitle: DNB article name on Wikisource or
  • title: DNB article name (can be coupled with url=)
• last: Surname of author.
• first: Firstname(s) of author.
• volume: Volume in which the entry appears. Used to generate the year and editor information.
• page or pages: First page and optional last page: e.g. 5–7.
• ref: defaults to none
• mode: defaults to cs1 ({{cite book}} style), but can be set to cs2 ({{citation}} style) — effects element separator etc.

Two none standard parameters:

• display=text — It will display the text on the wikipedia page masking the content of the wstitle= parameter.
• short=x — to reduce what is displayed.

For a full list of parameters see Template:DNB Cite/doc

See also

• {{Cite ODNB}} — would usually be placed just before this template and contain details of an Oxford Dictionary of National Biography reference
• {{Cite DNB}} — can be used if facts from a DNB article are used in a Wikipedia article.

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