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
  • Hollace Ava Weiner, director of the Fort Worth Jewish Archives, is an author and archivist who wrote fulltime for the Star-Telegram from 1986 to 1997.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • What's more, Pantzer's own archivist organized the documents meticulously, said Anastasia Karel, interim director of Newfields' library and archives.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After taking an Ancestry DNA test and hiring a genealogist, Stunna met his father (who attended the wedding) and grandfather for the first time in June.
    Nathan Vinson, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Someone uploaded their genetic profile to the Family Tree DNA database, allowing genealogists to look deeper into the unidentified woman’s family tree.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The members include Ginsburg’s daughter and granddaughters, plus lawyers, legal scholars, museum administrators, biographers (including our own Irin Carmon), and the principal of her alma mater in Midwood.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Roasted chicken is Harry’s favorite food, according to his biographer.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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 8 Oct. 2025.

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