Biography
noun
A book or report written by someone about another person's life.
I'm reading a biography of Albert Einstein, which explains his life in great detail.
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- write a biography
- read a biography
noun
The life story of a person written by someone else.
The biography of Martin Luther King Jr. is inspiring and teaches us about the civil rights movement.
Often appears as...
- biography of
- biography on
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Academic
noun
The studies about a person's life and their work.
The biography of the artist includes information about their influences and techniques.
Often appears as...
- detailed biography
- official biography
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Academic
noun
A book or report written by someone about another person's life.
I'm reading a biography of Albert Einstein, which explains his life in great detail.
Often appears as...
- write a biography
- read a biography
noun
The life story of a person written by someone else.
The biography of Martin Luther King Jr. is inspiring and teaches us about the civil rights movement.
Often appears as...
- biography of
- biography on
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The studies about a person's life and their work.
The biography of the artist includes information about their influences and techniques.
Often appears as...
- detailed biography
- official biography
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Subject's Perspective
Biographies focus on a person's life from an outside perspective, not their own thoughts or feelings.
The biography on Abraham Lincoln discusses his actions and impact, rather than his personal diary entries.
Pro Tip 2/3Third-Party Creation
Biographies are usually written by someone other than the subject, providing a different viewpoint.
She is compiling research to write a biography about the renowned scientist.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Biographies often provide historical context, linking an individual's life to the larger cultural or political scene.
The biography of Nikola Tesla also describes the evolution of electricity in the modern era.
Pro Tip 1/3Subject's Perspective
Biographies focus on a person's life from an outside perspective, not their own thoughts or feelings.
The biography on Abraham Lincoln discusses his actions and impact, rather than his personal diary entries.
Pro Tip 2/3Third-Party Creation
Biographies are usually written by someone other than the subject, providing a different viewpoint.
She is compiling research to write a biography about the renowned scientist.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Biographies often provide historical context, linking an individual's life to the larger cultural or political scene.
The biography of Nikola Tesla also describes the evolution of electricity in the modern era.
Pro Tip 1/3Subject's Perspective
Biographies focus on a person's life from an outside perspective, not their own thoughts or feelings.
The biography on Abraham Lincoln discusses his actions and impact, rather than his personal diary entries.
Pro Tip 2/3Third-Party Creation
Biographies are usually written by someone other than the subject, providing a different viewpoint.
She is compiling research to write a biography about the renowned scientist.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Biographies often provide historical context, linking an individual's life to the larger cultural or political scene.
The biography of Nikola Tesla also describes the evolution of electricity in the modern era.
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What Lies Beneath...
millennia it's important for us to understand the evolution of infectious diseases over time and perhaps also understand how it might change in the future we have a database of names of people we know who are buried here the ultimate goal is to try and connect an individual skeleton to a known biography
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Life at 30,000 feet PIPE...
that someone could put together this incredible collection of businesses without knifing a few people in the back, you know, doing some ugly things. You've been accused of being ruthless. There was a nasty biography written about you by someone. Is any of it true? Is there an element of truth in it?
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
Sheena, there is a detail about your biography that we have not written in the program book. But by now it's evident to everyone in this room. You're blind. And I guess one of the questions on everybody's mind How does that influence your study of choosing because that's an activity
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
It is actually comedy, they mess with him. Next, and this is something deeper. I think I was on tour when I was reading one of the Feynman biographies. It was the red one or the blue one. And he made this statement that was so profound to me.
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
The things we make have one supreme quality -- they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography,
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How to escape...
Every student who drops out of school has a reason for it which is rooted in their own biography. They may find it boring. They may find it irrelevant. They may find that it's at odds with the life they're living outside of school.
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Why you will fail to...
everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive a little strange hmm hmm okay you know a fine line between madness and genius I'm not weird I've reread Steven J's biography oh my goodness I'm not that
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Larry Smith: Why you...
Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange. Hmm? Hmm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius. "I'm not weird. I've read Steven J.'s biography.
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Breaking boundaries,...
you all but let me tell you a little bit about what I mean at about the age of 10 I gave up on Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and started reading biographies the ones I liked best were
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Lesley Hazleton: The...
Writing biography is a strange thing to do. It's a journey into the foreign territory of somebody else's life, a journey, an exploration that can take you places
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What Lies Beneath...
millennia it's important for us to understand the evolution of infectious diseases over time and perhaps also understand how it might change in the future we have a database of names of people we know who are buried here the ultimate goal is to try and connect an individual skeleton to a known biography
Video examples
Life at 30,000 feet PIPE...
that someone could put together this incredible collection of businesses without knifing a few people in the back, you know, doing some ugly things. You've been accused of being ruthless. There was a nasty biography written about you by someone. Is any of it true? Is there an element of truth in it?
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
Sheena, there is a detail about your biography that we have not written in the program book. But by now it's evident to everyone in this room. You're blind. And I guess one of the questions on everybody's mind How does that influence your study of choosing because that's an activity
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
It is actually comedy, they mess with him. Next, and this is something deeper. I think I was on tour when I was reading one of the Feynman biographies. It was the red one or the blue one. And he made this statement that was so profound to me.
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
The things we make have one supreme quality -- they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography,
Video examples
How to escape...
Every student who drops out of school has a reason for it which is rooted in their own biography. They may find it boring. They may find it irrelevant. They may find that it's at odds with the life they're living outside of school.
Video examples
Why you will fail to...
everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive a little strange hmm hmm okay you know a fine line between madness and genius I'm not weird I've reread Steven J's biography oh my goodness I'm not that
Video examples
Larry Smith: Why you...
Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange. Hmm? Hmm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius. "I'm not weird. I've read Steven J.'s biography.
Video examples
Breaking boundaries,...
you all but let me tell you a little bit about what I mean at about the age of 10 I gave up on Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and started reading biographies the ones I liked best were
Video examples
Lesley Hazleton: The...
Writing biography is a strange thing to do. It's a journey into the foreign territory of somebody else's life, a journey, an exploration that can take you places
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
The things we make have one supreme quality - they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography, they have many.
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Justin Hayward
British Musician
My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people I only knew in my heart, places I have seen only for a moment and places I have lived all my life.
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John Irving
American Novelist
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
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Kitty Kelley
American Journalist
I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.
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Jeetendra
Indian Actor
My life is very simple, it is not worth being written into a biography, for that 'masala' is required.
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James Buckley
One day I'll bring a biography of my life out and that will be the biggest joke I'll ever tell.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
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George Packer
American Novelist
A great writer requires a great biography, and a great biography must tell the truth.
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Susan Isaacs
American Novelist
I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
The things we make have one supreme quality - they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography, they have many.
Quote examples
Justin Hayward
British Musician
My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people I only knew in my heart, places I have seen only for a moment and places I have lived all my life.
Quote examples
John Irving
American Novelist
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
Quote examples
Kitty Kelley
American Journalist
I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.
Quote examples
Jeetendra
Indian Actor
My life is very simple, it is not worth being written into a biography, for that 'masala' is required.
Quote examples
James Buckley
One day I'll bring a biography of my life out and that will be the biggest joke I'll ever tell.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Quote examples
George Packer
American Novelist
A great writer requires a great biography, and a great biography must tell the truth.
Quote examples
Susan Isaacs
American Novelist
I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
Example 1 of 10
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