historian

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"Presidents have often offered timelines to buy time with the public" during wars, said Thomas Patterson, a historian at the Harvard Kennedy School, "and almost all of them underestimate the time."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The impish English historian hosts a two-part series on the revolution and her own nation’s blunders during the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

In the daily plebiscite on America, this Ivy League historian votes “Yes, but.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But Lord Roberts, a historian, has argued the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain should be allowed to keep their hereditary seats in the Lords.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But the signals needed the right receiver, and it took years before they finally were spotted by historian Colonel Rose Mary Sheldon.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield