Biographer

/baɪˈɒɡrəfər/ noun

Definition

A person who writes the true story of someone's life, including their experiences, achievements, and important events.

Etymology

From Greek 'bio' meaning life and 'graphos' meaning writing or description. The word literally means 'life-writer' and was formed in the 17th century to describe authors who specialized in writing about real people's lives rather than fiction.

Kelly Says

The famous biographer James Boswell wrote such detailed daily records about his subject Samuel Johnson that historians could literally track which London coffeehouses they visited on specific dates—he basically invented the modern biography!

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