historian

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"Presidents have often offered timelines to buy time with the public" during wars, said Thomas Patterson, a historian at the Harvard Kennedy School, "and almost all of them underestimate the time."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“No, Dunmore was calculating,” says London-based historian Olivette Otele.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

"It lays out not just the types of dishes to be prepared, but also their weight and quality. These standards are still followed strictly," says historian Taqui.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

In only a few volumes Alan Allport has become the historian of Britain at war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann