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[ bahy-og-ruh-fer, bee- ] / baɪˈɒg rə fər, bi- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR biographer ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna writer of someone's biography. Origin of biographerFirst recorded in 1705–15; biograph(y) + -er1 Words nearby biographerbiogenic amine, biogeochemical cycle, biogeochemistry, biogeography, biographee, biographer, biographical, biographize, biography, biohazard, bioherm Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for biographerBut any biographer of the novel faces a problem more fundamental than compressing between two covers a vast and unwieldy subject. The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Biographer Andrew Roberts argues that history has maligned Napoleon by lumping him in with totalitarian thugs. Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I had to lie on a huge, fur rug and have a nightmare,” Prince Charles told his biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby. Kate and William’s Royal Family Values|Tom Sykes|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Biographer Jane Ridley has written of Edward VII, “He spied on Bertie, he whipped him, he treated him as a patient.” Kate and William’s Royal Family Values|Tom Sykes|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It was the first biography that made me want to become a biographer,” Spitz said. ‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is an admission of honesty on my part, of which my biographer, I hope, will take account. Letters to an Unknown|Prosper Mrime He had in an ample measure the first of all requirements in a biographer, personal acquaintance with the man whose life he wrote. The Age of Tennyson|Hugh Walker When his biographer went to see him, his place knew him no more. The Parish Clerk (1907)|Peter Hampson Ditchfield Second-rate man Boswell may have been, as he himself so oft admits, yet as a biographer he stands first in the front rank. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard There are two noteworthy circumstances that affect the biographer of Perugino. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino|George C. Williamson
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