This is a list of the longer biographical articles from Rees's Cyclopaedia, 4 columns or more (3000 words appx.) The longest is that of Captain Cook (43.9 columns). There are 3789 biographies half a column (350 words) or more long, and an unknown number of briefer ones. Sir James Edward Smith wrote the botanical articles, and Charles Burney the ones on music. Many of the biographical articles are sourced to biographical reference books. In most cases Christian names were Anglicised – John for Johannes, for example. Vol 1 A-Amarathides Vol 2 Amarantus–Arteriotomy Vol 3 Artery–Battersea Vol 4 Battery–Bookbinding Vol 5 Book-keeping–Calvart Vol 6 Calvary–Castra Vol 7 Castramentation–Chronology Vol 8 Chronometer–Colliseum Vol 9 Collision–Corne Vol 10 Cornea–Czyrcassy Vol 11 D–Dissimilitude Vol 12 Dissimulation–Eloane Vol 13 Elocution–Extremities Vol 14 Extrinsic–Food (part) Vol 15 Food (part)–Generation (part) Vol 16 Generation (part)–Gretna Vol 17 Gretry–Hebe Vol 18 Hibiscus–Increment Vol 19 Increments–Kilmes Vol 20 Kiln–Light Vol 21 Lighthouse–Machinery (part) Vol 22 Machinery (part)–Mattheson Vol 23 Matthew–Monsoon Vol 24 Monster–Newton-in-the-Willows Vol 25 Newtonian Philosophy–Ozunusze Vol 26 P–Perturbation Vol 27 Pertussis–Poetics Vol 28 Poetry–Punjoor Vol 29 Punishment–Repton Vol 30 Republic–Rzemien Vol 31 S–Scotium Vol 32 Scotland–Sindy Vol 33 Sines–Starboard Vol 34 Starch–Szydlow Vol 35 T–Toleration Vol 36 Tolerium–Vermelho Vol 37 Vermes–Waterloo Vol 38 Water–Wzetin Vol 39 X–Zytomiers with Addenda See also List of Rees's Cyclopædia articles Rees's Cyclopædia Biographical works