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    A biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else, usually based on research about that person. It is written in third person, while an autobiography is written by the subject about their own life in first person. James Boswell was a famous Scottish biographer known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. He used detailed research and third person perspective. Gregorio Zaide was a Filipino biographer who wrote about Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero. His book detailed Rizal's early life, education, and achievements. Biographies typically include details about the subject's date of birth, education, career, and major accomplishments.

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    A biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else, usually based on research about that person. It is written in third person, while an autobiography is written by the subject about their own life in first person. James Boswell was a famous Scottish biographer known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. He used detailed research and third person perspective. Gregorio Zaide was a Filipino biographer who wrote about Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero. His book detailed Rizal's early life, education, and achievements. Biographies typically include details about the subject's date of birth, education, career, and major accomplishments.

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    A biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else, usually based on research about that person. It is written in third person, while an autobiography is written by the subject about their own life in first person. James Boswell was a famous Scottish biographer known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. He used detailed research and third person perspective. Gregorio Zaide was a Filipino biographer who wrote about Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero. His book detailed Rizal's early life, education, and achievements. Biographies typically include details about the subject's date of birth, education, career, and major accomplishments.

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     Etymology of Biography

    Bio Life
    Graphy Record or Account

     What is a Biography
    A biography is simply the story of a real person’s life written by someone else.

     BIOGRAPHY V.S AUTOBIOGRAPHY


    BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
    Biography can be written anyone and about Autobiography is telling a story about a
    anyone. person’s life written by that same person.
    Required a lot of research on that person. Autobiography has more detail about
    his/her personal life.
    Author uses Third person Point Of View. Author uses first person Point Of View.

     Third Person Point Of View


    He, Him, His, Himself. She, Her, Herself, It, Its, Itself, They, Them, Their, Theirs, and
    Themeselves.

     James Boswell
    James Boswell (1740-1795) was a Scottish
    Biographer, diarist, and lawyer. He
    Is the best-known biography of his friend.

     James Boswell’s Book


    -Boswell on a Grand tour
    -An account of Corsica
    -Life of Samuel Johnson
     The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
    “He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day.
    Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance
    threw books in his way, and inclination directed him through them.”
    -James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson

     Gregorio Zaide
    Gregorio Zaide (1907-1986) was as Filipino
    biographer, historian, author, and politician.
    He wrote a biography called “Jose Rizal:
    Life, Works, and Writing”.

     Jose Rizal: Life, Works and


    Writings By Gregorio Zaide
    “Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
    Reolanda was born on June 19, 1861,
    approximately 35 years before that fateful day.
    The seventh eleven children born to a relatively
    well-off family in a Dominican-owned tenant land in
    Calamba Laguna.”

    -Gregorio Zaide, Jose Rizal: Life, Works,


    and Writings

    “In early his childhood, Jose had mastered the alphabet, learned to write and read books like
    the Spanish version of the Vulgate Bible. At young age, he already showed inclinations to art.
    He amazed his family by his pencil drawings, sketches, and molding clay.”

    --Gregorio Zaide, Jose Rizal: Life, Works,


    and Writings
     Austin Craig
    Austin Craig (1872-1949) Austin C. Craig was an
    American historian born in Eddyton, New York.
    Being one of the first biographers of the Philippine
    national hero.

     Lineage life and labors of Jose


    Rizal the patriot by Austin Craig
    “Rizal earned a Licentiate in Medicine at the
    Universidad Central de Madrid, where he also
    took courses in philosophy and literature. It
    was in Madrid that he conceived of writing
     Noli Me Tangere. He also attended the
    University of Paris and, in 1887, completed
    his eye specialization course at the University
    of Heidelberg”
    -Austin Craig, Lineage Life, and Labors of
    Jose Rizal The Patriot

     Parts Of Biography
    According to Mary Gormandy White, there are 5 parts
    Of Biography:
    1. Date and place of birth
    2. Current Location of Residence
    3. Educational Background
    4. Professional Experience
    5. Major Achievements

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