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biographer

American  
[bahy-og-ruh-fer, bee-] / baɪˈɒg rə fər, bi- /

noun

  1. a writer of someone's biography.

Etymology

Origin of biographer

First recorded in 1705–15; biograph(y) + -er 1

Example Sentences

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But Hanson's biographer and filmmaker Dr Anna Broinowski says the One Nation leader has endured as a figurehead of right-wing politics because she paints herself as a "person of the people".

From BBC

Leo didn’t want to get involved in politics, he told his biographer Allen.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her biographer, Mark Oppenheimer, is a middle-aged father of five.

From Los Angeles Times

During his brief time studying at Lincoln College, the "academic side of it probably didn't rub off on" Geisel, his biographer Brian Jay Jones tells me.

From BBC

For the historian or biographer, such details are inescapably important; for the lay reader, they can become wearisome.

From The Wall Street Journal

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