biographer of

/baɪˈɒɡrəfə əv/ (UK), /baɪˈɑːɡrəfər əv/ (US)

noun phrase

  1. Used before the name of a person to mean the writer who has written a biography about that person.

    B1

    biographer of + person

    • "She is the biographer of the famous actor."B1
    • "The biographer of Winston Churchill studied his private letters."B2
    • "The biographer of Abraham Lincoln wrote several books about his life."B2

Common mistakes

  • He is the biography of Shakespeare.→He is the biographer of Shakespeare.

    A biographer is a person; a biography is the book about that person.

Collocations

official biographerbiographer of Shakespearebiographer of Abraham Lincolnbiographer of a famous personbiographer of a historical figure

Word family

biographerbiographybiographical