biographer

Noun

Meaning

One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

historian chronicler memoirist artist author journalist poet reporter exponent penman scribbler critic scholar philosopher recorder
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Antonyms

destroyer audience conclusion conservative amateur reader
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Hypernyms

author writer

Hyponyms

autobiographer hagiologist hagiographer hagiographist

Examples

According to biographer David Jones, Meghan likes to get her own way and she is interested in chasing the limelight. Source: Internet

A botched abortion at age fifteen had resulted in complications which left Stanwyck unable to have children, according to her biographer. Source: Internet

According to her biographer, Philip Bigler, Lt. Lane threw herself into her work as a nurse. Source: Internet

According to biographer Jean Pierre Lion, "Bix was accused of having taken this man's five-year-old daughter into a garage and committing on her an act qualified by the police report as 'lewd and lascivious.' Source: Internet

A biographer of Emerson described the group as "the occasional meetings of a changing body of liberal thinkers, agreeing in nothing but their liberality". Source: Internet

According to biographer Juhani Suomi, Kekkonen gave no thought to resigning until his physical condition began to deteriorate in July 1981. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

biograph biographal biographee biographette biographic biographical