Short biographies to read

Career development timeline of a public figure This chart illustrates the evolution of professional activity, public interest, and media attention across different stages of the individual’s career. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
*Brief Lives is a collection of short biographies written by John Aubrey (–) in the last decades of the 17th century. In John Aubrey: My Own Life (Chatto & Windus, ) Ruth Scurr brilliantly takes on the personage of Aubrey writing his own memoir, based on her extensive reading of books by contemporaries, and letters and other manuscripts she found in the archives. ‘Do we honour.

    short biographies to read