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The Swiss Biographical Archives (Schweizer biographisches Archiv; Archives biographiques Suisses; Archivio biografico svizzero; SBA) are biographical reference books which were published from 1952 to 1958 in 6 volumes by Willy Keller at EPI Verlag internationaler Publikationen in Zürich. It contains short biographies of Swiss people who played a role in the cultural, economic, political and military life and sports of the country at that time.

It is one of the (many) references of the German Biographical Index (Deutsches Biographisches Archiv).

Notes

  1. Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950. Edited by Christoph König. Vol. 1: A–G. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2003. p. LV.
  2. Robert B. Slocum: Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: Universal biography; National or area biography. Volume 1 of Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: An International Bibliography of more than 16000 Collective Biographies. Gale Research Co., 1986, p. 424. ISBN 0810302438
  3. Willy Keller: Zum Geleit. In: Schweizer Biographisches Archiv. Vol. 1. Zürich, Lugano, Vaduz: EPI Verlag Internationaler Publikationen, 1952. p. 9 f.
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