Paulo Levi wrote:
I managed but the special cases are driving me crazy. Some of the names is like this, a clear error i believe:
Headley, P. C. (Phineas Camp), 1819-1903, 1819-1903 Combs, Josiah Henry, 1886-1960, 1886-1960 Algie, R. M. (Ronald Macmillan), 1888-1978, 1888-1978
Fixed these. If you find errors in the catalog, report to catalog@pglaf.org *AFTER* doing a diligent LoC search on http://catalog.loc.gov/ to make sure that you are reporting a real error.
then there are the various eastern people that only have a date no leading - or anything. And the other abreviations like *d. ca. fl. cent
The catalog has been edited by many different people over a period of nearly 40 years. We know it is not as consistent as we'd like it, and will probably never be so. Welcome in the world of real programming ...