historian
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“Baseball,” says John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, “has been the constant.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
And if you’re an historian of ancient Greece and Rome, like I am, it’s the steady stream of comparisons between the modern world and the Roman Empire.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
As a historian of racism, Kendi has always known that racism is global.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
The poems have been published in a collection called Poems from an Attic, which also includes a poem about her husband, historian Michael Foot.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The great historian Joseph Needham said, very sensibly, ‘I find it almost impossible to believe that Newcomen did not know of Papin’s steam cylinder.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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