biographer of a historical figure

/baɪˈɒɡrəfə(r) əv ə hɪˈstɒrɪk ˈfɪɡə(r)/

noun phrase

  1. A person who researches and writes about the life of someone important from the past, such as a leader, artist, or scientist.

    B1

    countable

    • "She is a biographer of Abraham Lincoln."B1
    • "She became famous as the biographer of Marie Curie."B2

Collocations

write a biographyhistorical figurebiographical researchhistorical researchlife story

Word family

biographybiographerbiographical