Who's who is the standard reference source for accurate, detailed, up-to-date information on people of influence and interest. This edition contains over 30,000 biographies, approximately 1,000 of which are new entries. Who's who lists people in all walks of life: the arts and sciences, business and finance, charities, the church, the civil service, education, entertainment and sport, government, the law, local government, the media, medicine, professional institutions and the trade unions. Each entry is carefully updated both from information supplied by biographees and from many individual sources of reference.