1680s, probably from Latin biographia, from Late Greek biographia "description of life," from Greek bio- "life" (see bio-) + graphia "record, account" (see -graphy). Biog [..]

story of a person's life.

an account of the series of events making up a person's life (biographer) someone who writes an account of a person's life (biographical) biographic: of or relating to or being [..]

n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.

a work of nonfiction that recounts the life of a real person. If the person depicted in a biography is also its author, then we instead use the term autobiography. An autobiography that focuses only o [..]

A written account of a person's life.

 – a factual story written about a person by a another person

A source that will give background and other personal information about a person.

a written account or history of the life of an individual

A written account of another person's life.

A history of an individual's life.

A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize biographies (histories of people's lives) and biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias (compilations of histories of people’s l [..]

A history of an individual’s life.

A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain biographical information about a person or group of peop [..]

biografye

A carefully researched, relatively full narrative account of the life of a specific person or closely related group of people, written by another. The biographer selects the most interesting and impor [..]

A story of a person's life.

(n) an account of the series of events making up a person's life

Works consisting of an account of the events, works, and Achievements, Personal and professional, during a Person's Life. It includes articles on the activities and accomplishments of living Pers [..]

A written account of a person's life and the branch of literature concerned with the lives of people. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed)

a narrative describing the life of some living human being.  Also see "autobiography."

A biography is a piece of writing that summarises your life so far.

Lacock & Lacock Abbey

A biography is an extended piece of non-fiction that tells the whole story of a person's life. Unlike an autobiography, biography is not written by the subject of the book. For a hugely famous bi [..]