historian
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Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council board member Shmuel Gonzales, a local historian and community organizer, voted in favor of an anti-camping zone designation because he wants the park “to be something that ultimately benefits the community.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Pepperpot City: Philadelphia and the Foundation of American Cuisine, an Illustrated History” by William Woys Weaver, a culinary historian, bears a strong resemblance to its mixed-bag namesake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"These are minutes drawn up by notaries who abbreviate their decisions. The script is highly administrative, very pragmatic... with rather technical vocabulary," said historian Julie Claustre, who leads the e-NDP project.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
A historian who had lived at any time between 8500 B.C. and A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
He added that Fr Doyle was a prolific letter writer whose personal correspondence has become an important eyewitness source for historians.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
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
Curators, restorers, historians and other Smithsonian employees need leadership and the proper incentives to fulfill their mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Some historians have proposed that the eruption occurred later in the fall of 79 CE.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
An ongoing revolution is a nuisance for historians: they prefer to write about revolutions that happened in the past—when, in reality, this one is still continuing all around us.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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