biographer

[ bahy-og-ruh-fer, bee- ]

/ baɪˈɒg rə fər, bi- /

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noun

a writer of someone's biography.

Nearby words

biogenic amine, biogeochemical cycle, biogeochemistry, biogeography, biographee, biographer, biographical, biographize, biography, biohazard, bioherm

Origin of biographer

First recorded in 1705–15; biograph(y) + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for biographer

But 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