Biographic
of or relating to a person’s life:
He’s gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
pertaining to or containing biography:
a biographical dictionary.
Historical Examples
Sartor Resartus Thomas Carlyle
Life of John Keats William Michael Rossetti
Juggernaut George Cary Eggleston
Marriage and Love Emma Goldman
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage Sir Sidney Lee
In Search of El Dorado Alexander MacDonald
The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 David Masson
Lavengro George Borrow
Pedagogical Anthropology Maria Montessori
The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) Richard Crashaw
adj.
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