Biography

  • 1Biography — Bi*og ra*phy, n.; pl. {Biographies}. [Gr. ?; bi os life + ? to write: cf. F. biographie. See {Graphic}.] 1. The written history of a person s life. [1913 Webster] 2. Biographical writings in general. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2biography — /buy og reuh fee, bee /, n., pl. biographies. 1. a written account of another person s life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. 2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. 3. such writings collectively.… …

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  • 3Biography — For other uses, see Biography (disambiguation). For the Wikipedia policy on biographies of living persons, see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Adi Holzer: Life (1997). The life is like a …

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  • 4biography — 1. noun /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi,baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi/ A persons life story, especially one published. There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin. See Also: autobiography, biographer, biographical, hagiography, pathography 2 …

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  • 5Biography (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Biography caption = rating = TV G or TV PG (depending on who/what is profiled) format = Non fiction runtime = 60–120 minutes creator = CBS News starring = country = USA network = CBS A E The Biography Channel first… …

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  • 6Biography (disambiguation) — A biography is a genre of media based on the written accounts of individual lives.Biography could also mean: *Biography (TV series), a popular biographical sketch series on the A E television network. **The Biography Channel, a television network …

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  • 7Biography (album) — Infobox Album Name = Biography Type = greatest Artist = Lisa Stansfield Released = 1 February 2003 Recorded = 1989 2001 Genre = Soul Length = 76:07 Label = BMG/Arista Producer = Ian Devaney/Andy Morris Last album = Face Up (2001) This album =… …

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  • 8Biography of Frank Sinatra — This is a detailed account of the life and work of the American popular singer and Academy Award winning actor, Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998). For more information, see the main article Frank Sinatra. Contents 1 Birth and… …

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  • 9Biography (journal) — Infobox Journal discipline = literature abbreviation = Bio frequency = quarterly website = http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/bio/ publisher = University of Hawaii Press country = USA history = 1978 to present ISSN = 0162 4962 eISSN = 1529… …

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  • 10biography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi + graphia graphy Date: 1683 1. a usually written history of a person s life 2. biographical writings as a whole 3. an …

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