historian

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In the daily plebiscite on America, this Ivy League historian votes “Yes, but.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"It lays out not just the types of dishes to be prepared, but also their weight and quality. These standards are still followed strictly," says historian Taqui.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 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

As the historian Daniel Dreisbach has observed, the King James Bible was “the most accessible, authoritative, and venerated text in early colonial society.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“The human career,” wrote the historian Ronald Wright, “divides in two: everything before the Neolithic Revolution and everything after it.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann