historian
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This is the sort of fact that Gordon S. Wood, the great historian of early America, could recall with ease across his many-decade career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Young adults said there was often pressure from delivery companies who use deals and discounts to entice them, meanwhile a food historian has said our changing workplace culture had also had an impact.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“This amounts to a real right to bail in hundreds of thousands of cases, which previously in California might have led to detention,” said Kellen R. Funk, a legal historian at Columbia Law School.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
His name was Alexander McKee and he was a British journalist, a historian, and an accomplished diver.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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"Mysteries of the Ancient Past"
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