Part of my (social science) phd is an analysis of the development of an instituion - which means mentioning a host of people who where instrumental in setting it up (e.g board of directors, steering groups, executive directors, etc, etc). my supervisor suggested that i should include biographical details of the various people involved in the main body of the text - but as I've struggled and failed to make any insightful comments on these people it seems a bit pointless having a chapter filled with endless biographies even though these are key people. i was just wanting to put everyone's biographies in an appendix...anybody else had/ having similar experience? What did you do? Thanks!