Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.[1] Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. Some historians are recognized by publications or training and experience.[2] "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere.
For other uses, see Historian (disambiguation).List of historians
– Specialist or aficionado of antiquities or things of the past
Antiquarian
– Scholarly disciplines in historical research
Auxiliary sciences of history
– Study of the methods of historians
Historiography
Historical revisionism
Historical negationism
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Allison, William Henry. A guide to historical literature (1931) comprehensive bibliography for scholarship to 1930.
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Barnes, Harry ElmerA history of historical writing (1962)
Barraclough, Geoffrey. History: Main Trends of Research in the Social and Human Sciences, (1978)
Bentley, Michael. ed., Companion to Historiography, Routledge, 1997, 0415030846 pp; 39 chapters by experts
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Bender, Thomas, et al. The Education of Historians for Twenty-first Century (2003) report by the Committee on Graduate Education of the American Historical Association
Breisach, Ernst. Historiography: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, 3rd edition, 2007, 0-226-07278-9
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Boia, Lucian et al., eds. Great Historians of the Modern Age: An International Dictionary (1991)
Cannon, John, et al., eds. The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians. Blackwell Publishers, 1988 0-631-14708-X.
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Gilderhus, Mark T. History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction, 2002, 0-13-044824-9
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Iggers, Georg G. Historiography in the 20th Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge (2005)
Kelly, Boyd, ed. Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing. (1999). Fitzroy Dearborn 1-884964-33-8
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Kramer, Lloyd, and Sarah Maza, eds. A Companion to Western Historical Thought Blackwell 2006. 520pp; 978-1-4051-4961-7.
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Todd, Richard B. ed. Dictionary of British Classicists, 1500–1960, (2004). Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004 1-85506-997-0.
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Woolf D. R. A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) (2 vol 1998)