professional historian
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofessionalandhistorian
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professional
adjective
uk/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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historian
noun[C]
uk/hɪˈstɔː.ri.ən/us/hɪˈstɔːr.i.ən/
someone who writes about or ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandhistorianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprofessional historian
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In part, then, this is a work of history (and certain admirably terse passages of historical summary suggest the hand of theprofessionalhistorian).
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The delineation of historical periods is a tricky business, even for aprofessionalhistorian.
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To give a general characterization of aprofessionalhistorianof science is problematic and especially so in the period under consideration.
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The quality of the essays is uneven, many offering little to theprofessionalhistorianor art historian other than photographs of previously unpublished objects.
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It is a work of remarkable erudition and one of which, in its descriptive content, anyprofessionalhistorianwould surely feel justly proud.
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One wonders if some disparaging comments on the writings of medical doctors venturing into the historical field, are really necessary to show off the superiority of aprofessionalhistorian.
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I was distressed because he seemed to me to bring the detachment of theprofessionalhistorianto current suffering.
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I am also aprofessionalhistorianwho has had a good deal to do with the study of the events that are now under discussion.
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I am not a lawyer and certainly not aprofessionalhistorian.
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I am astonished, because he has a reputation as aprofessionalhistorian.
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It becomes very difficult for a 16-year-old to put himself in the position of aprofessionalhistorianand answer that kind of question.
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It has always been said—and very rightly—that a classic or a historian does not expect to become a professional classic or aprofessionalhistorianwhen he leaves university.
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I was once aprofessionalhistorian.
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Benni strm is a teacher,professionalhistorianand translator.
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His lack of academic training as aprofessionalhistorianhas provoked criticism from some quarters within that discipline.
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He worked in various high-tech ventures until 1995, when he started his career as aprofessionalhistorian.
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So deep and bitter was the disagreement, that it affected professional historians as much as practising politicians and the general public.
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The dominant interpretation among professional historians has been anti-colonialist.
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I am not advocating that archaeologists and museologists become professional historians.
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When the historical agenda can be dictated by advertising and marketing, professional historians must respond.
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