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A biography on Winston Churchill written by a historian and published in 1985 would be an example of what type of information source?

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Secondary source.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the book was a biography and not an autobiography, it was not written as a primary source and therefore not experienced firsthand.

  • Primary source- An article or piece of text that gives information that was witnessed firsthand.
  • Secondary source- An article or piece of text that gives information that was not witnessed firsthand
  • Biography- A book or article written by someone else telling a story of someone's life.
  • Autobiography- A book or article written by someone telling a story of their own life. (A way I like to remember autobiography is, you automatically know all of the events and information on your life, so you can write an autobiography perfectly well.)
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