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biographer

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






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The rest of his career was largely devoted to complicating and enriching the portrait, transforming himself, as his best biographer, James Gindin, observed, from a satirist into a practitioner of the “novel of compassion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the words of biographer David Reynolds, Brown’s execution helped “spark” the Civil War.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Mr. McDonough is a prolific biographer of musicians whose subjects include Neil Young, Tammy Wynette, Al Green and others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

“He trusted her,” wrote biographer Jon Meacham, “with the things he valued most.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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