Andrew Marvell -- Dr. Richard Bentley -- Thomas, Lord Fairfax -- James, Earl of Derby -- Lady Anne Clifford -- Roger Ascham -- John Fisher -- The Rev. William Mason -- Sir Richard Arkwright -- William Roscoe -- Captain James Cook -- William Congreve -- Dr. John Fothergill.

Republished in 1833, with addition of an index, with title: Biographia borealis; a 3 v. edition, edited by Derwent Coleridge, with marginal notations made by S.T. Coleridge, was published in 1852 under title: Lives of northern worthies.

Published in 3 parts (paged continuously) in June and October, 1832 and March, 1833; plans for subsequent parts were halted by the bankruptcy of the Leeds publisher, Bingley.