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historian

noun as in student of history

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According to L.A. and Hollywood historian Marc Wanamaker, the accident so appalled Denny that he began working on a way to film air stunts without putting pilots in danger.

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Later historians described this engraving and, despite having never seen the painting, catalogued its existence.

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Cranach's work drew on medieval mapping traditions where Israel appeared as long, narrow strips of land, reflecting earlier reliance on the 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus, who simplified conflicting biblical descriptions.

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The album remained undisturbed in the Alkazi Foundation's collections until its curator and two historians from Duke University began to reexamine it in 2019.

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Had he never designed a single building, he would still be remembered as one of the great historians of American architecture.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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