historian
an expert in history; authority on history.
a writer of history; chronicler.
Origin of historian
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How to use historian in a sentence
Readers who are not deep historians are in for many layers of surprise inside “Eleanor,” the first being Roosevelt’s early life, and the racism she exhibited as a young woman.
The transformation of Eleanor Roosevelt | Terri Schlichenmeyer | February 4, 2021 | Washington BladeThe historian in me, I never want to lose the appreciation for those who threw for 120 yards and won a game.
Brady vs. Mahomes is one of the greatest Super Bowl QB matchups ever. We ranked all 55. | Scott Allen, Neil Greenberg | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostProkopios was the court historian of the Byzantine Empire’s most well-known rulers, Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora.
What the QAnon of the 6th Century Teaches Us About Conspiracies | Roland Betancourt | February 3, 2021 | TimeDiane Ravitch is a former assistant secretary of education and historian.
What you need to know about standardized testing | Valerie Strauss | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostAccording to Gunter Krebs, a spaceflight historian and physicist, at the time of the heist, Luna 3 was likely spinning around the Earth at a distance of 310,000 miles, being gradually drawn into the Earth’s atmosphere.
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite | Bobbie Johnson | January 28, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
historian Matthew Avery Sutton, however, wants you to think of something else: the End Times.
Michael Kazin is a historian who has written a lot about the New Left.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFred Logevall at Cornell won the Pulitzer Prize and is a diplomatic historian; he just started a book on Kennedy.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Winning Marriage will be essential for the historian who, someday, tries to tell the full story.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was a moment of shock that Doar never forgot,” notes historian Taylor Branch.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGiovanni Francesca Abela, a historian and ecclesiastic of Malta, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAndrew Michael Ramsay, a Scottish historian and philosopher, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBuchanan the historian was, from his learning, thought in his days of superstition to be a wizard.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousJohn Cantacuzenus, the historian of his own times, and a defender of the faith, inaugurated emperor of Constantinople.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellNo historian claims that any God has been seen on earth for nearly nineteen centuries.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for historian
/ (hɪˈstɔːrɪən) /
a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it
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