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  • noun Plural form of biographer.

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Examples

  • Lots of competent Franklin biographers and Colonial/Revolution historians (including Thomas Fleming, H.W. Brands, and Gordon Wood, among others) sharing comments, interspersed with actors reading historical documents in character.

    Archive 2006-08-01 KaneCitizen 2006

  • Lots of competent Franklin biographers and Colonial/Revolution historians (including Thomas Fleming, H.W. Brands, and Gordon Wood, among others) sharing comments, interspersed with actors reading historical documents in character.

    What I've Been Watching Lately KaneCitizen 2006

  • This episode, but faintly alluded to heretofore by the biographers, is recounted in some family papers from which we are allowed to quote.

    Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends 1901

  • If it has not been formally denied him; if, even among those whom we term his biographers, some have conceded modesty as pertaining to Lord Byron's genius, they have done so timidly; and have at the same time indirectly denied it by accusing him of pride.

    Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836

  • Throughout his life, Peckitt never referred directly to popular perceptions of glass-painting or - staining as a lost art, but he did note it as an unusual practice. reference He described his skill as one learned through years of experiment, andconsensus among his biographers is that this is true; the traditions of glass painting that had flourished in medieval York were long dead by the eighteenth century. 1 Apparently, Peckitt's interest began when he was young; at age 2, he had sufficient confidence in his abilities to advertise in a local newspaper. 2 The city leaders encouraged his work, awarding him the Freedom of the City two years later. 3

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • Taraborrelli does a lot of things I don’t like in biographers, making up conversations and such, but he does present Taylor’s life in an inspiring way — as a series of struggles which ultimately make her stronger as the years go by.

    Weekly Mishmash: July 25-August 1 : Scrubbles.net 2009

  • Taraborrelli does a lot of things I don’t like in biographers, making up conversations and such, but he does present Taylor’s life in an inspiring way — as a series of struggles which ultimately make her stronger as the years go by.

    2009 August : Scrubbles.net 2009

  • His biographers are a distinguished group, and they can show literary talents that he did not possess.

    Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

  • His biographers are a distinguished group, and they can show literary talents that he did not possess.

    Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

  • Among the many miracles St. Anthony wrought in the conversion of heretics, the three most noted recorded by his biographers are the following:

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

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