List of historians by area of study

Historians obtain information about the past from various kinds of sources, including written or printed records, coins or other artifacts, buildings and monuments, and interviews (oral history). For modern history, primary sources may include photographs, motion pictures, and audio and video recordings. Different approaches may be more common in the study of some periods than in others, and perspec ...

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The term history entered the English language in 1390 with the meaning of "relation of incidents, story" via the Old French historie, from the Latin historia "narrative, account." This itself was derived from the Ancient Greek ἱστορία, historía, meaning "a learning or knowing by inquiry, history, record, narrative," from the verb ἱστορεῖνSee also:

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Traditionally the study of history was limited to the written word. However with the rise of academic professionalism and the creation of new scientific fields in the 19th and 20th centuries came a flood of new information that challenged this notion — archaeology, anthropology and other social sciences were opening new historical perspectives. Some traditional historians questioned whether these new studies were really history, since they were not limited to the written word, and thus a new term was coined, pre ...

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Traditionally the study of history was limited to the written word. However with the rise of academic professionalism and the creation of new scientific fields in the 19th and 20th centuries came a flood of new information that challenged this notion — archaeology, anthropology and other social sciences were providing new information and even theories about human history. Some traditional historians questioned whether these new studies were really history, since they were not limited to the written word. A new term, prehistory, was coined, to encompass the results of these new fields where they yeilded information abou ...

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List of historians by area of study - Art history. Nicholas Pevsner (1903–1983) History of art and English architecture Simon Schama (born 1945) - Art history Josef Strzygowski (born 1862) - Architectural history List of historians by area of study - Economic history. Robert Fogel W. W. Rostow R. H. Tawney List of historians by area of study - Espionage. John Barron John Earl Ha ...

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List of historians by area of study - North America. Donald Creighton - Developed the Laurentian thesis Lionel Groulx (1878-1967) - The history of Quebec in particular and French North America in general Harold Innis - Economic historian of Canada Jack Granatstein - Military historian of Canada W.L. Morton - Expert on western Canada See also List of Canadian historians. Eric Willi ...

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List of historians by area of study - Abolitionist. George Washington Williams - Early African-American historian List of historians by area of study - Christianity. Eusebius of Caesarea (~275–339) - "Father of Church history" Rev. Professor Alexander Campbell Cheyne, Scottish Ecclesiastical Historian Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim (1694-1755) - Lutheran historian of Christianity from its inception through the 18th century John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) Father of American Catholic Histor ...

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