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This template generates an external link to a given person's biographical profile in Who's Who at ukwhoswho.com using an identifier and associated metadata.

Usage

Two parameters, the bare minimum

{{Who's Who | id= ID | title = <title from person's Who's Who entry> }}

Five parameters:

{{Who's Who | author= AUTHOR | year= YEAR | title = <title from person's Who's Who entry> | id= ID | doi= DOI }}

Examples

Who's Who

For biographies of living people e.g.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">[Anon.] (2017). "Hawking, Prof. Stephen William". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.19510. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)</syntaxhighlight>

looks like

[Anon.] (2017). "Hawking, Prof. Stephen William". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.19510. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

another example with different parameters

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">{{Who's Who | title = Howarth, Toby Matthew | id = U282438 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date = </syntaxhighlight>28 October 2026 }}

looks like

"Howarth, Toby Matthew". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 28 October 2026. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

or a fuller version with more parameters

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">{{Who's Who | author=Anon | title = Martin, Christopher Anthony John | id =U268294 | year = 2024 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U268294 | edition = 176th | publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9781399409452 |oclc=1402257203</syntaxhighlight> }}

looks like

Anon (2024). "Martin, Christopher Anthony John". Who's Who (176th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2736. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U268294. ISBN 9781399409452. OCLC 1402257203. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Who Was Who

For biographies of the deceased for example

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">{{Who's Who | title = Hayward, Henry Rudge | id = U186956 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = </syntaxhighlight>28 October 2026 }}

looks like

"Hayward, Henry Rudge". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 28 October 2026. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

See also

• Template:Cite ODNB

Template data

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TemplateData for Who's Who

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