as in chronicler
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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According to the first-century Jewish philosopher Philo and the historian Josephus, Pilate had his soldiers carry objects that honored Roman emperors into Jerusalem, which Jewish residents saw as sacrilegious.
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Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
About the Author Timothy W. Ryback Timothy W. Ryback is a historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
In Tulane University's map archives, historian Blake Gilpin pointed to original antique maps that clearly mark the body of water as the Gulf of Mexico.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
Others of his family in politics and government included his older brother, Pete, a University of Wyoming historian who served in the Wyoming House and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1986.
—Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
About the Author Timothy W. Ryback Timothy W. Ryback is a historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
In Tulane University's map archives, historian Blake Gilpin pointed to original antique maps that clearly mark the body of water as the Gulf of Mexico.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
Others of his family in politics and government included his older brother, Pete, a University of Wyoming historian who served in the Wyoming House and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1986.
—Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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