There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb biography. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
About 0.03occurrences per million words in modern written English
| 1790 | 0.0057 |
| 1800 | 0.0066 |
| 1810 | 0.0073 |
| 1820 | 0.0088 |
| 1830 | 0.011 |
| 1840 | 0.012 |
| 1850 | 0.014 |
| 1860 | 0.016 |
| 1870 | 0.017 |
| 1880 | 0.019 |
| 1890 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 0.021 |
| 1910 | 0.023 |
| 1920 | 0.024 |
| 1930 | 0.025 |
| 1940 | 0.026 |
| 1950 | 0.027 |
| 1960 | 0.028 |
| 1970 | 0.028 |
| 1980 | 0.029 |
| 1990 | 0.029 |
| 2000 | 0.029 |
| 2010 | 0.03 |
bigh-OG-ruh-fee
bigh-AH-gruh-fee
Earliest known use
late 1700s
The earliest known use of the verb biography is in the late 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for biography is from 1794, in the writing of S. Whyte.
It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1600s.
biography is formed within English, by conversion.
Etymons:biographyn.