This template supports all parameters that are supported by {{cite encyclopedia}}.
Several parameters have pre-set defaults (but may be overridden):
|encyclopedia=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]
|edition=online
|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]
To override the defaults, type the parameter and a value, like {{Cite ODNB|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|edition=14th}}
Article author (for the full set of author parameters, see {{cite encyclopedia}}):
|first=first name of the article author, if present
|last=last name of the article author, if present
Article titles and identification:
|title=name of the ODNB article
|doi=doi—use where available on the ODNB page
|id=number—Use ONLY if a doi is not available. This is a nonstandard parameter and consists of the "article number" (often the last set of digits of a biography URL). Avoid if possible as it as it does not always generate the correct link
|url=URL of the ODNB article—Can be used with or in place of the parameter id=. Is essential for some ODNB non-biography articles such as "Themes" which neither have a doi nor conform to the usual ODNB url biography format.
|origyear=original year—The initial year of publication is usually 2004; if the entry has been updated, the current year parameter may be different.
|year=year of ODNB article publication
|date=date of ODNB article publication—Only set both date and year parameters if date is in YYYY-MM-DD format. In such cases the date parameter value is displayed but year parameter value is used by templates such as {{harvnb}}.
|access-date=—Not needed as the ODNB has both date of article modification, a built in archive and a doi structure; if used, requires |url=
Some articles are freely available to the public, such as Virginia Woolf. In those cases, you can add the optional |freearticle= parameter.
{{ODNBsub}}—A subscription template used as a postscript by this template.
{{DNBfirst}}—Can be placed on the same line as {{Cite ODNB}} to allow readers who do not have access to ODNB to see older versions of the text now in the public domain. This is particularly useful if there is a version of the text available on Wikisource. Please refrain from using this template if the same DNB article is already available in the Wikipedia article via {{Cite DNB}} or {{DNB}}.
