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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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"This is the biggest risk of his reign so far with so much just outside of his control," said author and historian Sir Anthony Seldon.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Last month, downtown historian Nathan Marsak was at Angels Flight when, as he recalls, “A guy comes up and says, ‘You like the Clark?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Netanyahu is Ashkenazi— Jerusalem-raised, American-educated, the son of a historian of the Spanish Inquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Widespread anger has been building around high costs and poor public services, said Stephane Sirot, a historian of social movements.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

As a result, Jamestown and the other Virginia forays survived on Indian charity—they were “utterly dependent and therefore controllable,” in the phrase of Karen Ordahl Kupperman, a New York University historian.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Although Nazi Germany pursued nuclear research through a program known as the Uranprojekt, historians have long debated how close its scientists came to developing a functioning reactor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Curators, restorers, historians and other Smithsonian employees need leadership and the proper incentives to fulfill their mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Although historians are unaware of her ever returning to Elham, residents remain "incredibly proud" that one of the world's best-known actresses once called their community home.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some historians have likened the dispute to the French and German tug-of-war over Charlemagne.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some historians and mathematicians argue that the Parthenon, the majestic Athenian temple, was built so that the golden ratio is visible in every aspect of its construction.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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