What does a Biographical sketch template look like?

Answer 1

Biographical Sketch (Biosketch) Defined

A biosketch is a brief summary of you or someone else's professional /educational accomplishments, publications, and affiliations--an abbreviated curriculum vitae--meant to highlight important aspects of your training, experience, and areas of interest.

In plain words...it's a "light sketch" of a persons life.

Other contributors have said:

I was taught that a biography is about someone else while an autobiography is about one's self. So an autobiographical sketch would be a biosketch of your own life while a biographical sketch is a biosketch of anybody else's life.

Just describe the person and write what main accomplishments the person has done. Has he won Prizes like Nobel? Or has he written books?

Answer 2

A biographical sketch template typically includes sections like introduction, early life, education, career, notable achievements, personal life, and references. It should be concise, focusing on key highlights and accomplishments in the individual's life. The template helps organize information in a clear and structured manner, making it easier for readers to understand the person's background.

Answer 3

In order to write a biographical sketch, the author must create a short and specific account of a person's life. This should include information about the person, such as accomplishments, career history, and personal details. The author should emphasize details that they find notable or include an anecdote.

Answer 4

A character sketch is a drawing of a person where their features are exaggerated. If a person has large lips, the character sketch might show the lips even larger in proportion to other facial features.

Answer 5

FRANCIS S. COLLINS, MD, PHDFrancis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. is the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In that role he oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research.

Dr. Collins is a physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project, which culminated in April 2003 with the completion of a finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book. He served as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH from 1993-2008.

Before coming to the NIH, Dr. Collins was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of Michigan. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2007, and received the National Medal of Science in 2009.

Answer 6

If you are looking for a biosketch template for NSF, check this teesresearch.tamu.edu/documents/NSF/NSF_CV_outline.doc

NIH has another format it uses, and while each federal agency is different, most will accept NIH form, which is also known as the PHS 398 (Google it under that).

Finally, a biosketch that is not needed for federal purposes can look pretty much like anything, I've even seen some done in narrative format with a photo for websites. Just keep it to two pages or under.

Answer 7

A biography is a book written about another persons life. (An Autobiography is a book someone wrote on their life)

An example of a biography would be The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

An example of an autobiography would be The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank.

Answer 8

Biographies tell the story of a person's life. Examples would be:

Johnny Depp: The Illustrated Biography by Nick Johnstone (Feb 1, 2011)

orA Passion for Life: The Biography of Elizabeth Taylorby Donald Spoto (Apr 1, 1995)

Answer 9

Any book on any person wroten by a different person is a biography. For instance, a book written by Joe Smith called "George W. Bush" would be a biography. If it were written by Bush, it would be an autobiography.

Answer 10

No.