biography (n.)
- annals
- autobiography
- chronicle
- chronicles
- chronology
- diary
- hagiography
- hagiology
- historiography
- history
- journal
- legend
- letters
- life
- memoir
- memorabilia
- memorial
- necrology
- obit
- obituary
- profile
- record
- resume
- story
There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man; also it may be said, there is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed.