biographical details

Personal history information

Biographical details are the basic facts of a person's life—birth date, birthplace, education, career, family, death.

The phrase often appears when someone provides or requests this information: The author's biographical details appear on the jacket flap.

Distinguished from deeper analysis of character or achievement, biographical details are the skeleton on which fuller portraits hang.

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claim to fame · date of birth · name · maiden name · spouse · cultural influences · marital status · children · alma mater · awards · nationality · era · publications · education · formative experiences · values · temperament · personal history

Opposites
factuality and source

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Imagined narrative work

fabrication · invention · fictional narrative · mythology · fantasy

specificity

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Overall perspective on things

abstractions · general overview · summary

personal vs. impersonal scope

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Information about population characteristics

Family

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