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Meanings of historiographer in English

Portuguese
cronista
Catalan
historiador
Spanish
historiador
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A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it.

        cronista
        Russian
        историограф
        Spanish
        historiógrafo

        Person who is officially responsible for writing the story of an entity.

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                Usage of historiographer in English
                1
                He was a churchman, royal historiographer, and tutor to Prince Arthur.
                The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 / A Magazi...
                2
                His most honorable appointment, however, was that of national historiographer.
                The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic ...
                3
                I shall receive R. Pohl with all the respect due to the Weimar art historiographer.
                Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2
                4
                At this time he was made historiographer to the king, and witnessed many important battles.
                Paris: With Pen and Pencil / Its People and Literature, Its Life...
                5
                The Master said, 'Truly straightforward was the historiographer Yu.
                The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
                6
                With this view, they appointed Grotius their historiographer.
                The Life of Hugo Grotius / With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Eccl...
                7
                I am an historiographer, and I will render justice, but I shall, also, often inflict it.
                Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 2 / Being se...
                8
                Why was I selected to be his historiographer?
                The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
                9
                A curse upon her, and upon her historiographer!-'The man is really a villain, an execrable one.'
                Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
                10
                I fully assent to your theory: and your words constitute me the proper historiographer of the expedition.
                Prue and I
                11
                And thus much as a very historiographer.
                An English Garner: Critical Essays & Literary Fragments
                12
                I am desired by Mr. Rymer, historiographer, to lay before your lordship the circumstances of his affairs.
                Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
                13
                I called it "Mount Lang," after Dr. Lang, the distinguished historiographer of New South Wales.
                Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
                14
                Scudéry, and historiographer to the king.
                Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold
                15
                The Valesiana is a collection of the literary opinions of the historiographer Adrien de Valois, published by his son.
                The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                16
                He was afterwards grand historiographer of the Indies to Philip II, who added to that title a large pension.
                The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)
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                Historiographer through the time