biographer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of biographer
First recorded in 1705–15; biograph(y) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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It was where Sarah had re-invented her battered career multiple times, with Andrew's biographer Andrew Lownie calling her the "Houdini" of the Royal Family.
From BBC
The meeting occurred when Michelangelo paid the Venetian a courtesy visit in his rooms at the Belvedere Palace in the company of Giorgio Vasari, the celebrated biographer, and saw “Danaë.”
The burst of fire came again, and a tiny voice roared, “Get back, vermin! That is my biographer!”
From Literature
Mr. Ward is a biographer, historian and scriptwriter.
But Stein, who died Nov. 5 at the age of 88, had what his biographer, Sam Gennawey, called “the imagination of opportunity.”
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