historian
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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
Fellow historian Dilys Webb said Elham offered plenty for a young girl growing up in the late 1930s.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
A centerpiece of the evening will be a deep dive into Integratron, the ever-confounding dome out in the Mojave Desert, from “Otherworld” podcast host Jack Wagner and architectural historian Daniel Paul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Written by a respected art historian, it included an excellent color plate of every painting attributed to Vermeer.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
Some historians have likened the dispute to the French and German tug-of-war over Charlemagne.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 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
The book is a companion to earlier collections of Mr. Rubenstein’s conversations with historians and fellow investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
What came as a complete surprise were the scores of musical instruments recovered, some of which were unknown to music historians prior to their discovery.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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