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A biography is considered a secondary source because it is a written account of someone's life created by someone else, rather than the person themselves. It is based on a combination of primary sources, such as letters or diary entries, and the biographer's interpretation of those sources.
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∙ 12y agoIt is a secondary source simply because it's a book. The internet is a primary source.
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∙ 11y agoIt's a primary source only if the biographer had personal knowledge of the events, etc. in question.
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∙ 9y agoA biography is a secondary source, since the author is a different person from the subject.
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Is biography a second source?
Yes, it is a primary source.
Is a modern biography of Julius Caesar a primary source?
No this is a secondary source. A primary sourced is something written in documents or by authors of the time of the subject of the study.
Is biography primary or secondary sources?
It's a primary source only if the biographer had personal knowledge of the events, etc. in question.
How do historians use primary and secondary sources?
A primary source is like a diary of somebody that has experienced something or the person them self (autobiography) A secondary source is when somebody has heard the story and retells it or writes about it. (biography) A primary source is the most reliable because information can be lost or changed by a secondary source so historians favor primary sources.
Is a autobiography a primary source or secondary source?
If we are using his original words, from documents that he personally wrote, those are primary sources. If we are using other people's interpretations (whether scholars or researchers or historians), those are secondary sources.
Is Pericles speech considered a primary or a secondary source?
is pericles primary source or secondary source
Is a diary primary or secondary?
It is a primary source.
Is an encyclopedia a primary source?
No, an encyclopedia is a secondary source.
What are some example of secondary sources?
Newspapers encyclopedias, dictionaries and textbooks are all examples of secondary sources .Another answerA secondary source can be explained most coherently by starting with the definition of a primary source:A primary source is written or created by a person. For example, Thomas Paine was the author of COMMON SENSE just as James Madison was one of the authors of THE FEDERALIST PAPERS.Those are primary sources.Any commentary, reference to, biography of the author which quotes or other wise uses these primary sources is a secondary source.Think of the primary source being a straight-on view, while a secondary source relates to the primary source obliquely.
Is the Rosetta stone secondary or primary source?
it is a primary source
What do you call a secondary source which has primary sources in it?
It is a secondary source.
Is film of an event a primary source or a secondary source?
secondary
