Most biographies give his date of birth as 5 July 1852.

Presently the biography gives way to a pair of vaguely parallel contemporary stories.

Thomas's biography gives an account of his war years.

That is when an appealing biography gives way to questions about whether a candidate is actually prepared to govern.

Only a biography, or autobiography, gives you the hot meal.

His official biography gives his family background only as "poor peasant".

At the same time these biographies give a foretaste of things to come.

Moore's biography gives names and birth years of eleven children, six boys and five girls.

Her official biography gave no age or date of birth.

A biography should give readers something to argue about.