biographer

[ bahy-og-ruh-fer, bee- ]

/ baɪˈɒg rə fər, bi- /

a writer of someone's biography.

Origin of biographer

First recorded in 1705–15; biograph(y) + -er¹

But any biographer of the novel faces a problem more fundamental than compressing between two covers a vast and unwieldy subject.

The Birth of the Novel |Nick Romeo |November 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Biographer Andrew Roberts argues that history has maligned Napoleon by lumping him in with totalitarian thugs.

Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator |J.P. O’Malley |November 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“I had to lie on a huge, fur rug and have a nightmare,” Prince Charles told his biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby.

Kate and William’s Royal Family Values |Tom Sykes |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Biographer Jane Ridley has written of Edward VII, “He spied on Bertie, he whipped him, he treated him as a patient.”

Kate and William’s Royal Family Values |Tom Sykes |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“It was the first biography that made me want to become a biographer,” Spitz said.

‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece |Scott Porch |September 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This is an admission of honesty on my part, of which my biographer, I hope, will take account.

Letters to an Unknown |Prosper Mrime
He had in an ample measure the first of all requirements in a biographer, personal acquaintance with the man whose life he wrote.

The Age of Tennyson |Hugh Walker
When his biographer went to see him, his place knew him no more.

The Parish Clerk (1907) |Peter Hampson Ditchfield
Second-rate man Boswell may have been, as he himself so oft admits, yet as a biographer he stands first in the front rank.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard
There are two noteworthy circumstances that affect the biographer of Perugino.

Great Masters in Painting: Perugino |George C. Williamson