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Look up: autobiography

  1. autobiography
    [Noun] The story of someone�s life that they have written themselves.
    Example: The film star�s autobiography sold thousands of copies.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. autobiography
    [n] - a biography of yourself
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. autobiography
    A person's own biography, or written account of his or her life, distinguished from a journal or diary by being a connected noun ; plural Autobiographies [ Auto- + biography .] A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
    Found on
    http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/148

  4. autobiography
    Origin: Auto- + biography. ... A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. autobiography
    noun a biography of yourself
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Autobiography
    • (n.) A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one`s life written by one`s self.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. autobiography
    (from the article `biography`) Autobiography, like biography, manifests a wide variety of forms, beginning with the intimate writings made during a life that were not intended (or ... history or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to, and often confused with, autobiography, a memoir usually ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  8. Autobiography
    (from the article `Cartwright, Peter`) ...to Sangamon county, Ill. There he entered politics to oppose slavery and served several terms in the lower house of the Illinois general assembly. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  9. Autobiography
    (from the article `Cellini, Benvenuto`) Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, one of the most important Mannerist artists and, because of the lively account of himself and his period ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  10. Autobiography
    (from the article `Bigelow, John`) American author, journalist, and diplomat who was the discoverer and first editor of Benjamin Franklin`s long-lost Autobiography. As U.S. consul in ... ...the 17 children of a man who made soap and candles, one of the lowliest of the artisan crafts. In an age that privileged the firstborn son, ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  11. Autobiography
    (from the article `Haydon, Benjamin Robert`) English historical painter and writer, whose Autobiography has proved more enduring than his painting.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  12. Autobiography
    (from the article `Jefferson, Joseph`) ...club, succeeding Edwin Booth and preceding John Drew. His first wife was the actress Margaret Clements Lockyer, and his second was Sarah Warren, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  13. Autobiography
    (from the article `Loyola, Saint Ignatius of`) ...during which he was, on his own admission, `a man given to the vanities of the world, whose chief delight consisted in martial exercises, with a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  14. Autobiography
    (from the article `Mill, John Stuart`) The Autobiography tells how in 1826 Mill`s enthusiasm was checked by a misgiving as to the value of the ends that he had set before him. At the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  15. Autobiography
    (from the article `Spencer, Herbert`) ...1850 Spencer became acquainted with Marian Evans (the novelist George Eliot), and his philosophical conversations with her led some of their ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  16. Autobiography
    (from the article `English literature`) ...a further series, the six-volume Palliser group (1864–80), set in the world of British parliamentary politics. Trollope published an astonishing ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  17. autobiography
    autobiography 1. An account of someone`s life written by that person; literally, 'self-life writing'. 2. Marked by writing about one's own experiences and life history. —Word Info image © ALL rights reserved. An autobiography is a book that usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his/her memory. —Franklin P. Jones
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  18. autobiography
    An account of someone´s life in prose written by himself or herself.
    Found on http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryeng

  19. autobiography
    autobiography: see biography.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09105

  20. autobiography
    A person's own biography, or written account of his or her life, distinguished from a journal or diary by being a connected prose narrative, and distinguished from memoirs by dealing less with contemporary events and personalities. The Boke of Margery Kempe (c. 1432–36) is the oldest known autobiograph...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  21. Autobiography
    An `autobiography` (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a book about the life of a person, written by that person. Origin of the term: The word `autobiography` was first us...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiograp

  22. Autobiography
    (Nat Adderley album) Name = Autobiography | Type = Album | Artist = Nat Adderley | Cover = Nat Adderley Autobiography cover.jpg | Released = December 21, 1964 | Recorded = 1964 | Genre = Soul jazz<br>Hard bop | Length = | Label = Atlantic | Producer = Nat Adderley | Last album = Little ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiograp



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