(plural: ‘biographers‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘bi’ rhyme with the word “buy”, and the letters ‘ph’ are said with an ‘f’ sound as in “father”)
‘biography’ = an account or story of a person’s life, usually a great person, written by another person
a writer of another person’s real life, usually of a great person’s life,
Nancy Goggeshall, biographer, Mexico
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A biographer must have a lot of patience when they write about a popular or busy person.
It has become a tradition for great politicians to appoint a biographer to write about their lives so that once they retire from active politics they can have their books published … and make money!
A talented biographer can make even a common man’s life more interesting than a celebrity’s.
Note: An ‘autobiographer’ is a person who writes about his/her own life. Some popular autobiographers are: Anne Robinson, Hugh Cornwell, and of course, Sir Sean Connery, the Hollywood movie James Bond fame, you see on the video.
BC Kumar, an English Language Teacher, taught in numerous countries including Ethiopia, Oman and India, shares his knowledge and passion for the English Language.
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