as in chronicler
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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Though the number of deaths is still contested, historians believe up to 136 people died, including all the women and children who had been aboard.
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s, a verdict many historians view as racially motivated.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
As the historian Richard Hofstadter has written, American ideas of efficiency, individualism, and liberty during this period were rooted in a capitalist system that rewarded those who could demonstrate their fitness.
—Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
But, as historian Karen Joy Johnson writes, there was also a distinct strain of activity by white Catholics—inspired by and in cooperation with their Black peers—that contributed to the Civil Rights movement.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s, a verdict many historians view as racially motivated.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
As the historian Richard Hofstadter has written, American ideas of efficiency, individualism, and liberty during this period were rooted in a capitalist system that rewarded those who could demonstrate their fitness.
—Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
But, as historian Karen Joy Johnson writes, there was also a distinct strain of activity by white Catholics—inspired by and in cooperation with their Black peers—that contributed to the Civil Rights movement.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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