chronologist

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Recent Examples of chronologist Work by dendro-chronologists and ice-core experts points to an enormous spasm of volcanic activity in the 530s and 540s CE, unlike anything else in the past few thousand years. Kyle Harper, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
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Noun
  • So Sejko, as a professional archivist and head of the editorial department for Italy’s Cinecitta Luce, set about analyzing and curating from the decades of state propaganda films.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • An archivist at Mississippi Public Television reached out.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Aimee Rose-Haynes became a genetic genealogist after discovering her knack for jumping into DNA rabbit holes about 10 years ago while trying to diagnose her daughter's illness, which turned out to be both Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).
    David Oliver, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The sample later turned into a tip developed by investigative genetic genealogists and ultimately led police to Kohberger's parents' home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, where he was arrested on Dec. 30, 2022.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This week, royal biographer Robert Jobson told PEOPLE that the former Duke of York’s exile could take him to the Middle East.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Royal biographer Robert Jobson talked to People about how Charles’ recent meeting with the King of Bahrain could spark a potential move for Andrew to that country.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020

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“Chronologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronologist. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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