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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

And what you can do if you… I’m a business strategy guy by work history, but trained as a historian.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Beginning in 1888 and continuing until the late 1960s, about 16 million tonnes of coal were extracted from the Comox Valley, according to historian Dawn Copeman.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

One post on Facebook last week, for instance, purports to be written by historian Heather Cox Richardson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Their arguments have convinced almost all anthropologists, nearly every professional historian and many philosophers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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