historians

plural of historian
as in chroniclers
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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Recent Examples of historians There are many very fine historians working on the Tudors. Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 Advertisement Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians. Time, 1 Oct. 2025 Lum always tries to connect with contacts from artistic, photographic and diasporic communities, or local historians and architects, before arriving. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025 The 300-year-old coins were found over the summer on a shipwreck believed to have been part of the notorious 1715 Fleet, a group of about a dozen Spanish treasure ships that sank during a hurricane, historians say. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 But in recent years, historians have recovered her papers and confirmed a number of biographical details. Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025 Railway enthusiasts and amateur historians alike may also want to leisurely explore the town of Cass. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025 Sports historians believe the debacle may have been the most disgraceful thing ever endured by Cincinnati fans that didn’t involve Pete Rose. Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025 His team worked with historians to translate fragmented evidence into cinematic reality. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025

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