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historiographer

historiographer

1 9.9
A person who studies and writes about the past, often as an official record keeper
  • noun
  • /ˌhɪstəriˈɒɡrəfər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : historiador
  • The university invited a famous historiographer to give a lecture on the impact of World War II on modern society.

So there are like Lucian is an ancient historiographer.

Examples

  • Maffei was close to Marco Foscarini, who served as official historiographer of the Venetian Republic from 1735 and as doge from 1762 to 1763.

    Academic text (2005)

  • I will argue that she works increasingly not only after art history, as its product, but also about it—as an art historian, or, better, a historiographer.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Only the reading of poets, historiographers, and other writers will help us understand the natures and forms of living creatures.

    Academic text (1996)

  • A historiographer does not have to scratch the surface very deeply to recognize that the wound caused by the separation of time and distance will always continue to bleed.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I would like to take this opportunity to express my confidence in and pleasure that such an astute and meticulous historiographer as I know you to be has taken on this project.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Accounts of classical historiographers such as Herodotus and Diodorus are not very helpful for understanding the social structures of Scythian society.

    Academic text (2000)

  • As a historiographer of art history, I am interested as much in the discipline's renunciations, displacements, fantasies, and oblivions as in its intellectual history "proper."

    Academic text (2007)

  • It served as a powerful moral landmark, helping historiographers define the Orient, the great threatening "otherness" in Greek (and Western) imagination (Said 1979, 56-58).

    Academic text (2005)

  • Francesco Guicciardini, Florentine patrician, historiographer, and diplomat, expounded a theory of history that came close to the understanding of disegno as a principle that governs all historical products.

    Academic text (2011)

  • As a renowned historiographer, she dedicated her life to uncovering the truth behind ancient events.

Synonyms

historian
vshistoriographer
317 3.4

A person who studies and writes about past events

sometimes serves as an official recorder and focuses on detailed research
chronicler
vshistoriographer
11 7.2

A person who writes down events in the order they happen

focuses on study, analysis, and sometimes official status rather than simple recording
logographer
vshistoriographer
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who writes history about past events, often in ancient times

emphasizes broader research and authority rather than only composing ancient accounts

Antonyms

amateur
122 2.8

A person who does an activity like a sport or hobby for pleasure, not as a job

novice
46 3.4

A person new to an activity who has little experience

How Authoritative

historiographer
  • Specialized
1 9.9
historian
317 3.4
chronicler
11 7.2
writer
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

historiographer singular
historiographers plural

Morphology

historiographer = history (transparent) = histori + ographer

Built from 'history' (appearing as 'histori-') plus the agentive combining pattern '-ographer' meaning 'writer/specialist', so the meaning 'writer of history' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Historiographer comes from the Greek historia meaning 'story' or 'inquiry' and the part -grapher meaning 'to write', the same root you see in photograph and autograph. So, a historiographer is literally a 'writer of history', someone who researches and records the past.