historian

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Emily Sneff, a historian, seeks to recover this moment in “When the Declaration of Independence Was News.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"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

But Lord Roberts, a historian, has argued the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain should be allowed to keep their hereditary seats in the Lords.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Mr. Allport, a historian at Syracuse University, found this lovely missive in the digital archive of RAF Bomber Command, one of the many archives he has culled to put this book together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“These calls often came late at night,” says the historian, who preferred to remain anonymous.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis