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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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As medical historian Richard Shryock observed: “In reviewing the circumstances of health in early America, one almost wonders that so many people survived and that the country grew and prospered.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

And if you’re an historian of ancient Greece and Rome, like I am, it’s the steady stream of comparisons between the modern world and the Roman Empire.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

As a historian of racism, Kendi has always known that racism is global.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

The poems have been published in a collection called Poems from an Attic, which also includes a poem about her husband, historian Michael Foot.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

One historian called Chernenko "an enfeebled geriatric so zombie-like as to be beyond assessing intelligence reports, alarming or not."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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