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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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While activists and heroes usually get most of the public’s attention, queer historian and author Timothy Stewart-Winter argues that it’s just as important to focus on the more complicated figures.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

For an intelligent man and fluent historian, this spite work on the royals—for that is it what it is—is written with all the subtlety of a rabid corgi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"It's absolutely heartbreaking. It really is emotionally devastating, because it's utter despair: no more lake," said amateur local historian David Favre, who lives in the Swiss village of Les Brenets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Fellow historian Dilys Webb said Elham offered plenty for a young girl growing up in the late 1930s.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Well, imagine my gobsmacked surprise when one of the king’s ministers told me they needed a historian to visit the goblin court of Ghohg the Evil One.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Some historians have likened the dispute to the French and German tug-of-war over Charlemagne.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some historians have proposed that the eruption occurred later in the fall of 79 CE.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

To make up for this, Gray’s team tried to enlist several leading academic historians to instill more of an overarching narrative structure.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

For music historians, fans of Bowie, and those who were there, the new album is another chance to reconnect with an enduring cultural icon.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

To art historians the study of styles is of central importance.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson


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