A biography is an account of a person's life which portrays who that person is and gives insights into why his or her character. An autobiography is a biography written by the subject.
Regular Blogs
This weblog serves as a resource to help readers find virtually any historical biography. The blog itself contains condensed biographies and points to full biographies. Also offers "mini-blogs" which contain biographies of scores of famous people including Beethoven, Harry S. Truman, Joan of Arc, and Jackie Robinson.
http://www.biography-help.com/
The Guardian's literary blog dedicates much of its space to biographies. Biographical subjects include Bob Dylan, William Styron, JD Salinger, and Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog
This weblog is written by an independent scholar who is documenting the information he garners from that Dictionary of Irish Biography, a compendium of the lives of important Irishmen in nine volumes written by the Royal Irish Academy and Cambridge University Press.
http://irishbiography.blogspot.com/
To share quotes, books, insights, and photographs of George W. Bush, former president of the United States. Items here include funny quotes by the president, what he is doing lately, and the top five myths about him.
http://www.blogsforbush.com/
This webblog contains biographies of the great jazz masters including Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader, and Gerry Mulligan.
http://jazzmenbiography.wordpress.com/
This weblog is about biographies on video, and it consists of essays, advice, and inspiration for those interested in such things. Entries guide the reader through the process of preserving family and personal history through such videos.
http://yourstoryhere.blogspot.com/
Whozits, a Kids' Biography Blog
Jane Sutcliffe, author of more than twenty children's biographies, sets forth thumbnail profiles of various personalities Including Orson Welles, Gen. Patton, and John Lennon. The theme of these articles is “Everything I Know I Learned From…" each of the people about whom she is writing.
http://www.whozitsblog.blogspot.com/
Mr. Patterson, biographer of Robert A. Heinlein, keeps this blog which discusses his writing as well as the life and times of Robert Heinlein, and documents his work on his writing.
http://www.whpattersonjr.com/blog/
