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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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While activists and heroes usually get most of the public’s attention, queer historian and author Timothy Stewart-Winter argues that it’s just as important to focus on the more complicated figures.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

For an intelligent man and fluent historian, this spite work on the royals—for that is it what it is—is written with all the subtlety of a rabid corgi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Maxime Novikov, a 43-year-old historian on the tour, said he was "pleasantly surprised that part of the new museum is dedicated to Russian territories that were under Nazi occupation."

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

“A historian, 10 years from now. That’s who you should ask. Go find someone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A historian, someone who can explain its importance, its antiquity.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Because traditional, low-tech methods to crack ciphers are effective but time- and labour-intensive, historians "have more important problems to solve, so many ciphers like this often sit unattended", said Church.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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 proposed that the eruption occurred later in the fall of 79 CE.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

In 2001, in response to such critiques, the Smithsonian convened a blue-ribbon commission of historians and others led by Richard Darman, a former top aide in Republican White Houses.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Although Native historians and scholars have written at length about how events in US history have impacted Indigenous peoples, their perspectives are not often included in history courses.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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