biographer
noun [C] /baɪˈɒɡ.rə.fər/
/-ˈɑː.ɡrə.fɚ/ Definition
› someone who writes the story of a particular person's life: Boswell was Dr Johnson's biographer.People who write for work or pleasure
(Definition of biographer noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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