Look up: autobiography

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   autobiography
   [Noun] The story of someone�s life that they have written themselves.
   Example: The film star�s autobiography sold thousands of copies.
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   autobiography
   [n] - a biography of yourself
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   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...
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   Autobiography
   a life story of an individual written by that person. Generally written in the first person.
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   autobiography
   document recording the life and activities of its author Category: Printing and publishing
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   Autobiography
   Au`to·bi·og'ra·phy noun ; plural Autobiographies [ Auto- + biography .] A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
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   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) ...
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   autobiography
   noun a biography of yourself
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   Autobiography
   An `autobiography`, from the Greek `autos`, 'self', `bios`, 'life' and `graphein`, 'write', is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled `as told to` or `with`). The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English periodical Quarterly Review, but the form is much older. Nobody Cares Biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and viewpoints; an autobiography ...
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    Autobiography
    • (n.) A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one`s life written by one`s self.
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    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 ... ...
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    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. ...
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    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 ...
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    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, ... ...
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    Autobiography
    (from the article `Haydon, Benjamin Robert`) English historical painter and writer, whose Autobiography has proved more enduring than his painting.
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    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, ...
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    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 ...
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    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 ...
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    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 ...
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    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 ...
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    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
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    autobiography
    An account of someone´s life in prose written by himself or herself.
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    autobiography
    autobiography: see biography.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09105