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
Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.
Ambrose Bierce
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Herodotus
I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.
Mike Tyson
A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.
Francois Fenelon
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 a historian in my own mind.
Quentin Tarantino
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
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
Antoine Rivarol
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.
Ferdinand de Saussure
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
Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote
BookRags Media Network
