biographer

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

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford put it this way: “ ‘Missa Solemnis’ is Beethoven talking to God, man to man.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

There is no better literary biographer now writing than Richard Holmes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“Without so much as a backward look,” his biographer observed, “Loomis quit Wall Street for good.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik