historian
noun
his·to·ri·an
hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən 
-ˈstär-
1
: a student or writer of history
especially
: one who produces a scholarly synthesis
2
: a writer or compiler of a chronicle
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historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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Allan Lichtman, a historian and professor at American University often called the Nostradamus of presidential elections, has two notes for you: there is no such thing as an October surprise and Kamala Harris is still set to win.
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Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Ana Lucia Araujo is a historian and Professor at the historically Black Howard University in Washington D.C. and author of Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024).
—Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
That's why historians rank him the worst president ever and Americans gave him one of the lowest approval ratings ever.
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But for us as historians, this was a really exciting new way of recounting history.
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Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Ana Lucia Araujo is a historian and Professor at the historically Black Howard University in Washington D.C. and author of Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024).
—Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
That's why historians rank him the worst president ever and Americans gave him one of the lowest approval ratings ever.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
But for us as historians, this was a really exciting new way of recounting history.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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historian
noun
his·to·ri·an
his-ˈtōr-ē-ən
-ˈtȯr-,
-ˈtär-
: a student or writer of history
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