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Historian

A historian is a scholar who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. 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.…

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Historian

Nodes167
Edges166
Triples147
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011976
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related to Further reading · 67
Historian → American Historical AssociationBreisach, An International Dictionary, Ancient, Barraclough, Bentley, Blackwell Publishers, Boyd, British Classicists, Cannon, Century, Committee, Companion, Daniel, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, English, Ernst, Fitzroy Dearborn ISBN, From Scientific Objectivity, Garland Reference Library
related to Legal cases · 15
Historian → Clapham, David Irving, During, English, Evans, High Court, Holocaust, Irving, Justice, Justice Gray, Lipstadt, Penguin Books, Richard, Richard Evan's, This
related to 20th century · 14
Historian → An, British, British Whigs, Butterfield's, France, Georges Duby, Herbert Butterfield, History, In, Parliament, The, The French Annales School, The Whig Interpretation, Whig
related to Education and profession · 14
Historian → American Historical Association, An, Being, However, In, Many, PhD, PhDs, Professional, Publication, Royal Historical Society, The, United States, Until
related to Professionalization in Germany · 13
Historian → Beginning, German, He, His, History, Latin, Leopold, Over, Ranke, Sources, Specifically, Teutonic Peoples, The
see also · 6
Historian → Distortion, List, Reinterpretation, Scholarly, Specialist, Study
related to history · 4
Historian → An, Modern, The, While
related to External links · 3
Historian → Archived, Selected, Wayback Machine
is a · 1
Historian → scholar who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it

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Historianis ascholar who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it0.90text
Homer's works were used by historiansinstance ofEpics0.80text
considered history even by Thucydidesinstance ofEpics0.80text
religioninstance ofSome scholars of history have observed that there are no particular standards for historical fields0.80text
artinstance ofSome scholars of history have observed that there are no particular standards for historical fields0.80text
scienceinstance ofSome scholars of history have observed that there are no particular standards for historical fields0.80text
democracyinstance ofSome scholars of history have observed that there are no particular standards for historical fields0.80text
and social justice as these are by their nature 'essentially contested' fieldsinstance ofSome scholars of history have observed that there are no particular standards for historical fields0.80text
such that they require diverse tools particular to each field beforehand in order to interpret topics from those fields.There are three commonly held reasons why avoiding bias is not seen as possible in historical practiceinstance ofSome scholars of history have observed that there are no particular standards for historical fields0.80text
the sciences where despite differencesinstance ofsimilar to other fields0.80text
they come to some points of broad agreementinstance ofsimilar to other fields0.80text
Historianrelated to 20th centuryThe0.60section

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