historian
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The men behind the new law included Francis Orpen Morris, a naturalist who was rector of Nunburnholme, and Henry Barnes-Lawrence, the vicar of Bridlington, as historian David Neave explains.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
As medical historian Richard Shryock observed: “In reviewing the circumstances of health in early America, one almost wonders that so many people survived and that the country grew and prospered.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
As a historian of racism, Kendi has always known that racism is global.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
The peaceful resolution to the crisis, which had brought the world close to nuclear conflict, was “the greatest defeat in our history,” LeMay added, according to historian Robert Dallek.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The historian interested in such questions about writing has the advantage that they can often be answered in unique detail by means of the written record itself.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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