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historian Definition

his·to·rian (his tôrē ən)

noun

  1. a writer of history
  2. an authority on or specialist in history

Etymology: MFr historien

historian Synonyms

historian

n.

history professor, recorder, annalist, archivist, chronicler, historiographer, writer of history, biographer; see antiquarian, archaeologist.

historian Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • overlook: Sir Guy Dawber ( 1861-1938 ) is now largely overlooked by architectural historians but deserves to be better known.
  • ignore: Medieval Churches of West Yorkshire a survey of the county's medieval parish churches, many of which have been ignored by architectural historians.
  • dismiss: They were often dismissed by British architectural historians as disobeying all the tenets of architecture.

Adjective modifier

  • architectural: You can research the history of your house yourself, or you can employ professional architectural historians.
  • revisionist: Neither is it any coincidence that there are currently 4 revisionist historians that are awaiting trial for the " heresy " of debating history.
  • distinguished: Bill Williams the distinguished local historian of Manchester related to me an incident that occurred on this campus in January 1933.
  • eminent: Written by the eminent historian, Dr. John Davies.
  • Marxist: What do the British Marxist historians have to offer to the theorizing of social movements?
  • amateur: There are many more examples but I am merely an old soldier and amateur historian.

Modifies a noun

Herodotus: But according to the Greek historian Herodotus, his hired Phoenician fleet successfully completed its mission of circumnavigating Africa.

Noun used with modifier

  • art: Sir Ernst Gombrich, a major art historian, died in London on November 3rd 2001 at 92.
  • family: Clearly many of our new users are family historians.
  • accounting: These historians found only occasional interest in Bookkeeping; but they focused more often on Europe than have many accounting historians today.
  • railroad: Coming soon, a fine report by our miniature railroad historian John Myers on the Rhyl Gala.
  • film: Let me conclude with some words of David Cook the film historian.
  • church: An excellent academic theologian and Church historian, he was also a poet and philosopher.

Possessives

revisionist: Then what of the anti-nationalist, our so-called ' revisionist ' historian?

Preposition: of

  • mathematics: And I believe that 1967 will be treated by future historians of mathematics as a turning point.
  • science: Historians of science need to explicitly guide students in the process of interpreting historical narratives from within alternative perspectives.
  • medicine: The Unit acts as the principal focus for historians of medicine throughout the North of England.