Historian
noun
A person who studies and writes about the past.
As a historian, he has a deep understanding of the events that happened in the past.
Often appears as...
- military historian
- art historian
noun
A person who is an authority in history.
He is a renowned historian in the field of ancient history.
Often appears as...
- renowned historian
- famous historian
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Academic
noun
A person who studies and writes about the past.
As a historian, he has a deep understanding of the events that happened in the past.
Often appears as...
- military historian
- art historian
noun
A person who is an authority in history.
He is a renowned historian in the field of ancient history.
Often appears as...
- renowned historian
- famous historian
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Academic
Some historians write for general audiences, not just academics.
The historian's book reached a wide audience with its engaging narrative.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Insights
Historians often provide insights into the culture and values of different times.
The historian explained the cultural significance of medieval festivals.
Pro Tip 3/3Varied Specializations
Historians may specialize in a specific period, region, or theme.
She became a respected historian specializing in the Renaissance era.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Academic
Some historians write for general audiences, not just academics.
The historian's book reached a wide audience with its engaging narrative.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Insights
Historians often provide insights into the culture and values of different times.
The historian explained the cultural significance of medieval festivals.
Pro Tip 3/3Varied Specializations
Historians may specialize in a specific period, region, or theme.
She became a respected historian specializing in the Renaissance era.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Academic
Some historians write for general audiences, not just academics.
The historian's book reached a wide audience with its engaging narrative.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Insights
Historians often provide insights into the culture and values of different times.
The historian explained the cultural significance of medieval festivals.
Pro Tip 3/3Varied Specializations
Historians may specialize in a specific period, region, or theme.
She became a respected historian specializing in the Renaissance era.
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many have assumed that he created the peace prize out of regret. However, this is all speculation as he never expressed any such sentiments, and his inventions were also used for constructive purposes. Instead, many historians connect Alfred Nobel's interest for the peace cause
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A brief history of...
to the Pythagorean's notion of a perfect universe. They imagined a reality that could be described with rational, numerical patterns. Historians write that Hippasus was exhiled for publicizing his findings, while legends claim he was drowned as punishment from the gods.
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Who built Great...
Yet, at the time, the country's white minority colonial government sought to discredit this theory because it challenged the legitimacy of their rule. In fact, the government actively encouraged historians to produce accounts that disputed the city's African origins.
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Historians believe he was deeply critical of Athens’ particular brand of democracy, and known to pass those concerns onto his followers. These subversive beliefs were distorted in public forums and thought to have inspired two of his pupils to treasonous ends.
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Historians have not been previously able to figure out what he could and couldn't see. I think it helps explain his decision. Why? Because from his point of view, the federals were very weak. He was attacking at the logical place, but without full knowledge,
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Are China and the US...
that was the past. We live now in a world of interdependence and globalization. It could never happen again." Guess what? The economic historians tell us that in fact, the time which we reached the greatest point of economic integration and globalization
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But in America's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude. And if you look at the self-help books from this era,
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Gastronomy and the...
gonna be a culinary historian you experiment but you know something like a lot of african-american children I grew up not liking who I was I didn't like soul food I didn't like being black for most of my life I've lived at the
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happens will be the result of a collaboration of many heroes so let's dive in join us behind our yellow border and hear insights directly from esteemed scientists journalists historians and local leaders
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Oh an epic view this is spectacular yeah this is what some historians recently and writers
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How does the Nobel Peace...
many have assumed that he created the peace prize out of regret. However, this is all speculation as he never expressed any such sentiments, and his inventions were also used for constructive purposes. Instead, many historians connect Alfred Nobel's interest for the peace cause
Video examples
A brief history of...
to the Pythagorean's notion of a perfect universe. They imagined a reality that could be described with rational, numerical patterns. Historians write that Hippasus was exhiled for publicizing his findings, while legends claim he was drowned as punishment from the gods.
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Who built Great...
Yet, at the time, the country's white minority colonial government sought to discredit this theory because it challenged the legitimacy of their rule. In fact, the government actively encouraged historians to produce accounts that disputed the city's African origins.
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This tool will help...
Historians believe he was deeply critical of Athens’ particular brand of democracy, and known to pass those concerns onto his followers. These subversive beliefs were distorted in public forums and thought to have inspired two of his pupils to treasonous ends.
Video examples
A digital reimagining of...
Historians have not been previously able to figure out what he could and couldn't see. I think it helps explain his decision. Why? Because from his point of view, the federals were very weak. He was attacking at the logical place, but without full knowledge,
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Are China and the US...
that was the past. We live now in a world of interdependence and globalization. It could never happen again." Guess what? The economic historians tell us that in fact, the time which we reached the greatest point of economic integration and globalization
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The power of introverts...
But in America's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude. And if you look at the self-help books from this era,
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Gastronomy and the...
gonna be a culinary historian you experiment but you know something like a lot of african-american children I grew up not liking who I was I didn't like soul food I didn't like being black for most of my life I've lived at the
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happens will be the result of a collaboration of many heroes so let's dive in join us behind our yellow border and hear insights directly from esteemed scientists journalists historians and local leaders
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Oh an epic view this is spectacular yeah this is what some historians recently and writers
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Stephanie Coontz
American Author
In my work as a historian and in my relationships as a friend, teacher, wife, and mother, I have come to think that the most useful way to understand the past and make it work for you is to look at the trade-offs and contradictions that, however deeply buried, can be uncovered in every memory, good or bad.
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Penelope Lively
English Author
I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as somebody who's walked through it and whose life has been dictated by it too, as all our lives are.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
My main ambition as a historian is to figure out what's really happening in the world, instead of the fictions that humans have been creating for thousands of years in order to explain or control what's happening in the world.
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Paul Johnson
British Journalist
At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.
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Shinzo Abe
Japanese Statesman
My opinion is that politicians should be humble in the face of history. And whenever history is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.
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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Where I think historians can help preserve and actually restore democracy is to remind us of how we got it.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
I'm not a teacher; I'm not a historian. I'm trying to create a world for my characters.
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B. H. Liddell Hart
British Historian
The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
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Stephanie Coontz
American Author
In my work as a historian and in my relationships as a friend, teacher, wife, and mother, I have come to think that the most useful way to understand the past and make it work for you is to look at the trade-offs and contradictions that, however deeply buried, can be uncovered in every memory, good or bad.
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Penelope Lively
English Author
I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as somebody who's walked through it and whose life has been dictated by it too, as all our lives are.
Quote examples
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
My main ambition as a historian is to figure out what's really happening in the world, instead of the fictions that humans have been creating for thousands of years in order to explain or control what's happening in the world.
Quote examples
Paul Johnson
British Journalist
At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.
Quote examples
Shinzo Abe
Japanese Statesman
My opinion is that politicians should be humble in the face of history. And whenever history is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.
Quote examples
F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Where I think historians can help preserve and actually restore democracy is to remind us of how we got it.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
I'm not a teacher; I'm not a historian. I'm trying to create a world for my characters.
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B. H. Liddell Hart
British Historian
The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
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