William Makepeace Thackeray's influential vitriolic biography: JaffeBros.

Marshall greatly admired George Washington, and between 1804 and 1807 published an influential five-volume biography.

The most influential "biography" of Holmes is Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street by Baring-Gould.

It is the most influential positive biography until today.

James Thomason served as Muir's mentor with respect to Imperial administration; Muir later wrote an influential biography of Thomason.

He has written influential biographies of The Byrds, Neil Young, The Smiths and Van Morrison.

An influential biography was written by Philip Doddridge.

In the life of Martin Luther, about whom Erikson would later write an influential biography, resolving the identity crisis entailed understanding the nature of conviction.