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Definition of Historian
Historian

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

One versed or well informed in history.

Related Definitions:
An, Annalist, Chronicler, History, In, Informed, Of, One, Or, Versed, Well, Writer


Historian Quotations

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
H. L. Mencken

I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.
Mike Tyson

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.
Ambrose Bierce

I'm a historian in my own mind.
Quentin Tarantino

Every historian discloses a new horizon.
George Sand

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Herodotus

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Stendhal

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.
E. M. Forster

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
Stephen Ambrose

The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.
Buffalo Bill

Historian Translations

historian in Dutch is kroniekschrijver, chroniqueur
historian in French is historien
historian in German is Geschichtsforscher, Historiker
historian in Norwegian is historiker
historian in Spanish is historiador
historian in Swedish is historiker


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