chronologist

7.8

A person who studies and records when events happen

noun
/krəˈnɑlədʒɪst/

Specialized

: cronólogo

As a renowned chronologist, she spent her days researching and arranging significant historical events.

Examples

Endo-chronologist, what the fuck's that mean?

The Jesus Rolls (2019)
According to Fomenko, this led early chronologists to believe or choose to believe that those accounts described different events and even different countries and time periods.

Blog text (11)
The chronologist carefully documented each event in history, ensuring everything was recorded in the right order.
To become a skilled chronologist, one must learn how to analyze timelines and accurately record when events took place.

Synonyms

chronicler

vschronologist

11 7.2

A person who writes down events in the order they happen

focuses more on study and arrangement rather than just recording accounts

chronologer

vschronologist

9.9

A person who finds the dates of events and puts them in order

also studies and records events rather than only dating and arranging

annalist

vschronologist

9.8

A person who writes a short yearly record of events in order

is broader and not limited to formal yearly lists or only history writing

How Specialized

chronologist

Specialized

7.8

chronicler

11 7.2

recorder

4 3.3

observer

305 2.8

Surface Forms

chronologist singular

chronologists plural

Morphology

chronologist = chronology (transparent) = chrono + log + y + ist

The target word is a regular learned formation meaning a person associated with chronology, so the base-plus-agent-suffix relation is straightforward.

Etymology

The word chronologist comes from the Greek root chronos 'time' and the ending -logist 'one who studies', like the 'chrono-' you see in chronicle. So a chronologist is a person who studies or puts events in the order they happened.