historian(n = noun.person) historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it; Array
is a kind of bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
has particulars: annalist, art historian, chronicler, arendt, hannah arendt, baeda, beda, bede, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede, carlyle, thomas carlyle, durant, will durant, william james durant, eusebius, eusebius of caesarea, franklin, john hope franklin, gardiner, samuel rawson gardiner, edward gibbon, gibbon, herodotus, flavius josephus, joseph ben matthias, josephus, john knox, knox, livy, titus livius, first baron macaulay, lord macaulay, macaulay, thomas babington macaulay, alfred thayer mahan, mahan, frederic william maitland, maitland, john bach mcmaster, mcmaster, mommsen, theodor mommsen, barthold george niebuhr, niebuhr, c. northcote parkinson, cyril northcote parkinson, parkinson, james harvey robinson, robinson, saxo grammaticus, arthur meier schlesinger, arthur schlesinger, schlesinger, arthur meier schlesinger jr., arthur schlesinger, arthur schlesinger jr., schlesinger, stubbs, william stubbs, gaius cornelius tacitus, publius cornelius tacitus, tacitus, thucydides, arnold joseph toynbee, arnold toynbee, toynbee, george otto trevelyan, sir george otto trevelyan, trevelyan, george macaulay trevelyan, trevelyan, barbara tuchman, barbara wertheim tuchman, tuchman, frederick jackson turner, turner, sir paul gavrilovich vinogradoff, vinogradoff, fourth earl of orford, horace walpole, horatio walpole, walpole, elie wiesel, eliezer wiesel, wiesel, c. vann woodward, comer vann woodward, woodward, xenophon
1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. [1913 Webster]
"Even the historian takes great liberties with facts." [1913 Webster]
2. One versed or well informed in history. [1913 Webster]
"Great captains should be good historians." [1913 Webster]
historian, n.
1 a writer of history, esp. a critical analyst, rather than a compiler.
2 a person learned in or studying history (English historian; ancient historian).
Etymology:
F historien f. L (as HISTORY)
N description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.
N recorder, notary, clerk, registrar, registrary, register, prothonotary, amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls, annalist, historian, historiographer, chronicler, journalist, biographer, antiquary, memorialist, interviewer.