Portal:Biography

Introduction Third Volume of a 1727 edition of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans printed by Jacob Tonson A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film, form the genre known as biography. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An autobiography is written by the person himself or herself, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter. Featured biography Mary Wollstonecraft (/ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft, -kræft/; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. During her brief career as a maid she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and animals should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. (Read more...) Selected portrait Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was court painter to the Spanish Crown; throughout the Peninsular War he remained in Madrid, where documented the war in the masterpiece known as the Desastres de la Guerra. Things you can do Write an article Expand an article about: a person an actor an animator an artist a bishop a businessperson a diplomat an educator an engineer a lawyer a military person a musician a photographer a saint a politician a scientist a sportsperson a writer Improve an article by: adding references adding categories Review an article Mullá Husayn • John Gilchrist (linguist) • Thomas Brattle • Answer requests for comments Assess an article Assessment requests Unassessed articles Categories Biography • People By association • By behavior • By ethnicity • By gender • By language • By nationality By occupation: Academics • Scientists Actors • Artists • Choreographers • Comedians • Dancers • Directors • Musicians • Photographers •Dramatists and playwrights • Writers Astronauts • Aviators • Explorers • Mountain climbers Businesspeople • Computer designers • Innovators Heads of state • Humanitarians • Journalists • Lawyers • Politicians • Warriors Sportspeople • Association football players • [http://raithal.com Baseball players] • Basketball players • Olympians • Tennis players By place • By political orientation • By religion By status: Award winners • Billionaires • Celebrities By time • Lists of people Surat: The Dream City ▼ Biography (genre) ► Biography awards ► Biographers ► Family history ► Biography journals ► Biographical museums ► Oral history ► Person databases ► The Biography Channel shows ► Biographical works On this day – October 10 Births 1731 - Henry Cavendish, British scientist (d. 1810) 1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901) (pictured) 1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993) 1917 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982) 1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978) 1969 - Brett Favre, American football player 1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver 1970 - Glenn Foley NFL quarterback Deaths 19 - Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC) 1723 - William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England 1872 - William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801) 1985 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (b. 1920) 1985 - Orson Welles, American director and actor (b. 1915) 2004 - Christopher Reeve, American actor (b. 1952) Did you know ... that Prince Antasari (pictured), who led a war against Dutch colonists for over three years, was ultimately defeated by smallpox? ... that Tonya Butler, while playing for the University of West Alabama under head coach Randy Pippin, became the first female to score a field goal in a NCAA college football game? ... that the partitioning of the state of Jin, during the reign of Duke Chu, is often considered the start of China's Warring States period? ... that Shlomo Moussaieff owns rare gemstones worth millions of dollars, including a flawless blue diamond and the world's largest known red diamond? ... that baseball pitcher Darin Downs had to regain the ability to speak after being hit in the head by a batted ball? ... that in 2013, Singaporean politician Desmond Lim set a new record for the lowest percentage garnered in an election since the independence of Singapore in 1965? ... that due to his role in the national uprising, Bahraini human rights activist Mohammed al-Maskati received a number of death threats? Quote of the week "For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen." — Stephen Hawking BT Group television advertisement (1993) WikiProjects List of WikiProjects and work groups that involve biography articles: Arts and entertainment Actors and Filmmakers Composers Canadian Dictionary of Biography Initiative Living persons Philosophers Saints Romance authors Military Peers and Baronets Politics and government U.S. Members of Congress U.S. presidents Royalty and nobility Science and academia Aerospace Sports and games Baseball players List of all WikiProjects See also: Biographies of living persons • Manual of Style (biographies) Related portals Anthropology Community Criminal justice Culture Death Gangs Human rights LGBT Mind and brain Music Philosophy Religion Sexuality Social and political philosophy Thinking Associated Wikimedia