There is actually a copy of the DNB on ODNB. I would have thought the ODNB may give us it as it is clearly out of copyright? (and it would legally be PD anyway) It might be worth asking if the wiki project hasnt already made a request

On 19 August 2011 08:55, Michael Peel <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
the Dictionary of National Biography; see:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_DNB

Mike

On 19 Aug 2011, at 08:50, Patel, Vinesh wrote:

> What's DNB?
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> On 19 Aug 2011, at 08:43, "Michael Peel" <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
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>> On 18 Aug 2011, at 23:39, Richard Farmbrough wrote:
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>>> What about the "missing pages" from the DNB project? Fairly small scale,
>>> the list is at least ready to go for a significant number of volumes,
>>> and an individual copy of the DNB is not  a priceless artifact.
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>> That sounds like an excellent project for a microgrant [1] - individual volumes of the DNB aren't that expensive on eBay, and there's even a 21 volume set going for £85 right now.
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>> [1] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants
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>> Mike
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