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| Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. It was called 'Ab Urbe Condita Libri', or 'Chapters from the Foundation of the City' in English | |
| Greek historian noted for his book called 'The Histories,' covering in detail the period of 220–146 BC, credited for being the first historian to write a History of the World | |
| Monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, most famous for 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People' | |
| Greatly influenced historiography through his demonstration of fresh new ways to look at the past. Best-known histories are 'The Age of Louis XIV', and 'Essay on the Customs...' | |
| American historian who made biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon | |
| The principal historian of the 6th century, writing the 'Wars of Justinian', the 'Buildings of Justinian' and the celebrated 'Secret History' | |
| Dubbed the 'Father of History,' this Greek historian collected his materials systematically, tested their accuracy to a certain extent and arranged them in a vivid narrative | |
| Best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963) | |
| A British cleric, he is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles in the 6th century | |
| Historiographer and historian sometimes viewed as one of the forerunners of modern historiography, sociology and economics | |
| Egyptian chronicler who wrote the 'History of the Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and Spain' | |
| Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and biographer of Harry S. Truman and John Adams | |
| A Renaissance man of many disciplines and one of the founders of political science | |
| He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of his highly praised work, 'Records of the Grand Historian' | |
| British historian of the 20th century and renowned academic who became well known to millions through his popular television lectures | |
| This Athenian general is best known for his documentation of the 'History of the Peloponnesian War' | |
| The foremost Roman historian, he wrote an extremely influential account on Rome in the first century, the 'Annals' | |
| His wide-ranging 'Spirit of the Laws' spanned many disciplines and was greatly influential in forging the fundamentally fundamentally interdisciplinary historian | |
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| British historian who specialises in financial and economic history, particularly hyperinflation and the bond markets, as well as the history of colonialism | |
| 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War | |
| Arab historian and geographer, known as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs.' Wrote 'The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems | |
| Considered as the Father of Modern History, due to his use of government documents to verify his 'History of Italy.' | |
| American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist who wrote extensively about Civil Rights and anti-war movements, as well as of the labour history of the US | |
| Roman (ethnic Greek) historian, public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the 2nd-century Roman period | |
| Generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. His work regarding Roman history is still of fundamental importance for contemporary research | |
| He is the main contemporary source for Merovingian history. His most notable work was his 'Ten Books of Histories', better known as the 'Historia Francorum' (History of the Franks) | |
| This English historian and Member of Parliament is best known for the work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' | |
| American historian of the American South and American slavery. He has been noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and planter-slave relationships | |
| American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for 'The Story of Civilization' | |
| A biographer, essayist, philosopher and historian, this Greek is best known today for his 'Parallell Lives' and 'Moralia' | |
| One of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur | |
| Greek historian, soldier and mercenary, known for his writings on the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and descriptions of life in Ancient Greece and Persia | |
| German historian, considered one of the founders of modern source-based history | |
| His work chronicled in Latin the history of Rome from 96 to 378, although only the sections covering the period 353–378 are extant | |
| One of the most important chroniclers of medieval France. His history is also one of the most important sources for the first half of the Hundred Years' War | |
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