db = {
  'jgoodall'  : {'surname'  : 'Goodall',\
                 'forename' : 'Jane',\
                 'born'     : 1934,\
                 'died'     : None,\
                 'notes'    : 'primate researcher',\
                 'author'   : ['In the Shadow of Man', 'The Chimpanzees of Gombe']},\
  'rfranklin' : {'surname'  : 'Franklin',\
                 'forename' : 'Rosalind',\
                 'born'     : 1920,\
                 'died'     : 1957,\
                 'notes'    : 'contributed to discovery of DNA'},\
   'rcarson'  : {'surname'  : 'Carson',\
                 'forename' : 'Rachel',\
                 'born'     : 1907,\
                 'died'     : 1964,\
                 'notes'    : 'raised awareness of effects of DDT',\
                 'author'   : ['Silent Spring']}}