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This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also [[History]] for overview of historiography
This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also [[History]] for overview of historiography


==By time period==
===[[Ancient history]]===
===[[Ancient history]]===
*[[Michael Crawford]]
*[[Michael Crawford]]
*[[Edward Gibbon]] (1737-1794) - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
*[[Edward Gibbon]] (1737-1794) - Roman Empire
*[[Peter Green]] - Ancient Greece and Macedon
*[[Peter Green]] - Ancient Greece and Macedon
*[[Herodotus]]
*[[Herodotus]]
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===[[Medieval history]]===
===[[Medieval history]]===
*[[Placido Puccinelli]] (1609-1685, Italian) - Northern Italy in the tenth century and the Florentine church
*[[Placido Puccinelli]] (1609-1685, Italian) - Northern Italy in the tenth century and the Florentine church
*[[Marc Bloch]] (1886]]-1944, French) - Medieval France, methodology
*[[Marc Bloch]] (1886-1944, French) France, methodology
*[[John Boswell]] (1947-1994, American) - [[Homosexuality]] in the Middle Ages
*[[John Boswell]] (1947-1994, American) - Homosexuality
*[[Norman Cantor]] (1930-2004), England, historiography
*[[Norman Cantor]] (1930-2004), England, historiography
*[[Georges Duby]] (1924-1996, French) - France between the [[Capets]] and the [[Valois]]
*[[Georges Duby]] (1924-1996), France
*[[François-Louis Ganshof]] (1895-1980), Dutch - wrote on early medieval institutional history and feudalism
*[[François-Louis Ganshof]] (1895-1980), Dutch  
*[[Patrick Geary]] - early Middle Ages
*[[Patrick Geary]]  
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]
*[[Geraldis Cambrensis]]
*[[Geraldis Cambrensis]]
*[[Johan Huizinga]] (Dutch) - Wrote 'Waning of the Middle Ages'
*[[Johan Huizinga]] Dutch  
*[[Jacques Le Goff]]
*[[Jacques Le Goff]], French
*Rev. [[F. X. Martin]] (Irish) - Mediævalist and campaigner
*Rev. [[F. X. Martin]] (Irish) - Mediævalist and campaigner
*[[Rosamond McKitterick]] - Frankish and Carolingian history
*[[Rosamond McKitterick]] - Frankish and Carolingian history
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*[[Eileen Power]] - Middle Ages
*[[Eileen Power]] - Middle Ages
*[[Miri Rubin]] - social and religious history, 1100-1500
*[[Miri Rubin]] - social and religious history, 1100-1500
*[[Stephen Runciman]] (1903–2000) - the [[Crusades]]
*[[Stephen Runciman]] (1903–2000) - the Crusades
*[[Richard Southern]] (1912-2001), religion
*[[Richard Southern]] (1912-2001), religion
*[[Sidney Painter]]
*[[Sidney Painter]]
*[[John Julius Norwich]]
*[[John Julius Norwich]]


==By nation or geographical area==
====[[Canada, history]]====
===[[North America]]===
*[[Francis Parkman]] - French and Indian War; Canada
====[[History of Canada]]====
*[[Donald Creighton]] - Developed the [[Laurentian thesis]]
*[[Donald Creighton]] - Developed the [[Laurentian thesis]]
*[[Lionel Groulx]] ([[1878]]-[[1967]]) - The history of [[Quebec]] in particular and French North America in general
*[[Lionel Groulx]] (1878-1967) - history of [[Quebec]]  
*[[Harold Innis]] - Economic historian of Canada
*[[Harold Innis]] - Economic history
*[[Jack Granatstein]] - Political and Military historian of Canada
*[[Jack Granatstein]] - Political and military
*[[W.L. Morton]] - Expert on western Canada
*[[W.L. Morton]] - Manitoba


See also ''[[List of Canadian historians]]''.
====[[Caribbean]]====
*[[Eric Williams]] (1911-1981) - slavery


====[[History of the Caribbean]]====
====[[U.S., History ]]====
*[[Eric Williams]] ([[1911]]-[[1981]]) - Focused on slavery and the slave trade, condemned imperialism
*[[Stephen Ambrose]] (1936-2002) - Biographer of Eisenhower, Nixon; military history
 
*[[Thomas A. Bailey]], diplomatic
====[[History of the United States]]====
*[[Bernard Bailyn]], Revolution
See also [[:Category:Historians of the United States]]
*[[George Bancroft]] (1800-1891) - colonial and Revolution
*[[Stephen Ambrose]] ([936-2002) - Biographer of Eisenhower, Nixon; military history
*[[Charles A. Beard]] (1874-1948) economic interpretation
* [[Thomas A. Bailey]], diplomatic
*[[Alan Brinkley]] - 1930s
* [[Bernard Bailyn]], Revolution
*[[George Bancroft]] (1800-1891) - colonial era
*[[Charles A. Beard]] (1874-1948) --economic interpretation
*[[Alan Brinkley]] - Great Depression
*[[Bruce Catton]] - [[American Civil War]]
*[[Bruce Catton]] - [[American Civil War]]
*[[William Cronon]] - environmental history  
*[[William Cronon]] - environmental history  
*[[David Herbert Donald]]
*[[David Herbert Donald]], Civil War, Reconstruction
*[[W.E.B. Du Bois]] - Reconstruction
*[[W.E.B. Du Bois]] - Reconstruction
*[[Eric Foner]] - Reconstruction
*[[Eric Foner]] - Reconstruction
*[[Shelby Foote]] - (1916-2005) - American Civil War
*[[Shelby Foote]] - (1916-2005) - American Civil War
*[[John Hope Franklin]] - historian of [[African Americans]]
*[[John Hope Franklin]] - African Americans
*[[Milton Friedman]], monetary history
*[[Milton Friedman]], monetary history
*[[John A. Garraty]], biography, political
*[[John A. Garraty]], biography, political
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* [[Russell Kirk]], conservative ideas
* [[Russell Kirk]], conservative ideas
* [[Arthur S. Link]], Woodrow Wilson
* [[Arthur S. Link]], Woodrow Wilson
* [[Seymour Martin Lipset]], political movements
* [[Seymour Martin Lipset]], political sociology of movements
*[[David McCullough]] (1933- ) -  popular biographies of Harry Truman, Teddy Roosevelt, John Adams
*[[David McCullough]] (1933- ) -  popular biographies of Harry Truman, Teddy Roosevelt, John Adams
*[[Forrest McDonald]], political history
*[[Forrest McDonald]], political history
*[[James M. McPherson]] - [[American Civil War]]
*[[James M. McPherson]] - [[American Civil War]]
*[[Edmund Morgan]], colonial and Revolution
*[[Edmund Morgan]], colonial and Revolution
*[[David Nasaw]] - biography and U.S. cultural history
*[[David Nasaw]] - biography  
*[[Frank Lawrence Owsley]], antebellum South
*[[Frank Lawrence Owsley]], antebellum South
*[[Francis Parkman]] - French and Indian War
*[[Francis Parkman]] - French and Indian War; Canada
*[[Vernon L. Parringon]], history of ideas
*[[Vernon L. Parringon]], history of ideas
*[[Ulrich B. Phillips]], slavery
*[[Ulrich B. Phillips]], slavery
* [[David M. Potter]], coming of Civil War
*[[David M. Potter]], coming of Civil War
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]], West, War of 1812
*[[Theodore Roosevelt]], West, War of 1812
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Sr.]], social history
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Sr.]], social history
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Jr.]], political history, biography
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Jr.]], political history, biography
*[[Frederick Jackson Turner]] (1861-1932) - Developed the [[Frontier Thesis]]
*[[Frederick Jackson Turner]] (1861-1932) - Developed the [[Frontier Thesis]] and sectionalism thesis
*[[Frank Vandiver]], military
*[[Frank Vandiver]], military
*[[C. Vann Woodward]] (1908-1999) - The South
*[[C. Vann Woodward]] (1908-1999) - The South
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===Latin America===
===Latin America===
====[[History of Brazil]]====
====[[Brazil]]====
*[[Sergio Buarque de Holanda]]
*[[Sergio Buarque de Holanda]]
*[[Gilberto Freyre]]
*[[Gilberto Freyre]]
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===Europe===
===Europe===
====[[History of Europe]]====
*[[Norman Davies]]
*[[Norman Davies]]
*[[Elizabeth Eisenstein]], early printing and transitions in [[Mass media|media]]
*[[Elizabeth Eisenstein]], printing  
*[[John Lukacs]]
*[[John Lukacs]], Cold War
*[[Henri-Jean Martin]], early printing and writing
*[[Henri-Jean Martin]], early printing and writing
*[[Robert Roswell Palmer]]
*[[Robert Roswell Palmer]], French Revolution
*[[J. Salwyn Schapiro]]
*[[J. Salwyn Schapiro]]
*[[Norman Stone]]
*[[Norman Stone]], World War I
*[[Gordon Wright]]
*[[Gordon Wright]], World War II


====[[History of England]] and [[Britain]]====
====[[Britain]]====
*Venerable [[Bede]] ([[672]] – [[735]])
*Venerable [[Bede]] (672 – 735)
*[[Angus Calder]] - [[Great Britain]].
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] (died circa 1154)  
*[[Maurice Cowling]] - High political history.
*[[Angus Calder]] - World War II.
*[[Eamon Duffy]] - 15th-17th century religious history (not "the Reformation")
*[[Maurice Cowling]] - political history.
*[[Eamon Duffy]] - 15th-17th century religious history  
*[[Geoffrey Rudolph Elton]] - Tudor period  
*[[Geoffrey Rudolph Elton]] - Tudor period  
*[[Antonia Fraser]] - England
*[[Antonia Fraser]] - 17th century
*[[J. H. Hexter]] - 17th century England.
*[[J. H. Hexter]] - Revolution; methodology
*[[Gertrude Himmelfarb]] - Victorian social and cultural history.
*[[Gertrude Himmelfarb]] - Victorian social and cultural history.
*[[Christopher Hill]] (1912-2003) - 17th century England and Revolution
*[[Christopher Hill]] (1912-2003) - 17th century England and Revolution
*[[John Edward Lloyd]] (1861-1947) - Early Welsh history
*[[John Edward Lloyd]] (1861-1947) - Early Welsh history
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] (died circa 1154)
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]] - 18th century politics
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]] - 18th century politics
*[[Andrew Roberts]], modern British history.
*[[Andrew Roberts]], modern British history.
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*[[John Robert Seeley]] (1834-1895)
*[[John Robert Seeley]] (1834-1895)
*[[David Starkey]] (born 1945) - Tudor
*[[David Starkey]] (born 1945) - Tudor
*[[E. P. Thompson]], (1924-1993), British working class
*[[E. P. Thompson]], (1924-1993), working class
*[[Lawrence Stone]], The history of society and the family in England
*[[Lawrence Stone]], The history of society and the family in England
*[[George Macaulay Trevelyan]] (1876–1962) - Prolific author on many periods of English history
*[[George Macaulay Trevelyan]] (1876–1962) 17th-18th centuries;
*[[Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton]] - 17th century Britain; Nazi Germany
*[[Hugh Trevor-Roper]] - 17th century; Nazi Germany
*[[Retha Warnicke]] (born 1939) - Tudor history and gender issues
*[[Retha Warnicke]] (born 1939) - Tudor history and gender issues
*[[Cicely Veronica Wedgwood]] (1910-1997) - Glorious Revolution  
*[[C, V. Veronica Wedgwood]] (1910-1997) - Glorious Revolution  


====[[France, history]]====
====[[France, history]]====
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*[[Georges Lefebvre]] - Revolution
*[[Georges Lefebvre]] - Revolution
*[[Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie]] - peasantry
*[[Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie]] - peasantry
*[[Roland Mousnier]] - early modern
*[[Robert R. Palmer]] - Revolution
*[[Robert R. Palmer]] - Revolution
*[[Robert O. Paxton]] - Vichy  
*[[Robert O. Paxton]] - Vichy  
*[[Roland Mousnier]] - early modern
*[[Jacques Revel]]
*[[Eugen Weber]] - modern  
*[[Eugen Weber]] - modern  
*[[John B. Wolf]] (1907-???) 18th century
*[[John B. Wolf]] (1907-???) 18th century
*[[Gordon Wright]] (1912-2000) - 20th century
*[[Gordon Wright]] (1912-2000) - 20th century


====[[History of Germany]]====
====[[Germany, history]]====
*[[Gisela Bock]]
*[[Gisela Bock]]
*[[Alan Bullock]]
*[[Alan Bullock]]
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*[[Rainer Zitelmann]]
*[[Rainer Zitelmann]]


====[[History of Ireland]]====
====[[Ireland, history]]====
*[[Brian Farrell]] (born [[1929]]) - Irish political history, historian and emeritus Associated Professor of Politics, [[University College Dublin|UCD]]
*[[Brian Farrell]] (born 1929) - political  


====[[History of Italy]]====
====[[Italy, history]]====
*[[Renzo De Felice]]
*[[Renzo De Felice]]


====[[History of Poland]]====
====[[Poland]]====
*[[Norman Davies]] ([[1939]]-) - modern Polish history.
*[[Norman Davies]] (1939-) - modern Polish history.
*[[Pawel Jasienica]] ([[1909]]-[[1970]]) - Polish amateur historian.
*[[Franciszek Bujak]] (1875-1953)  
*[[Wickham Steed]]
*[[Jan Rutkowski]] (1886-1949),


====[[History of Russia]]====
====[[Russia, history]]====
*[[Nicholas Bethell]]
*[[Nicholas Bethell]]
*[[Robert Conquest]] - The [[Soviet Union]]
*[[Robert Conquest]] 20c
*[[Leopold Labedz]]
*[[Leopold Labedz]]
*[[Roy Medvedev]]
*[[Roy Medvedev]] Stalin
*[[Richard Pipes]] - The [[Soviet Union]]
*[[Richard Pipes]] - 20c
*[[Condoleezza Rice]] - [[Soviet Union]]
*[[William Taubman]] - Nikita Khrushchev
*[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] (born [[1918]]) - [[Russia]]n historian responsible for forcing knowledge of Soviet atrocities on the world
*[[William Taubman]] - [[Nikita Khrushchev]]


====[[History of Slovenia]]====
====[[History of Slovenia]]====

Revision as of 06:32, 17 December 2007


This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also History for overview of historiography

Ancient history

Medieval history

Canada, history

Caribbean

U.S., History

Latin America

Brazil

Europe

Britain

France, history

Germany, history

Ireland, history

Italy, history

Poland

Russia, history

History of Slovenia

History of Spain

History of Yugoslavia

The Middle East

Asia

China, history


History of Korea

History of India

Japan

Australasia

History of Australia

By historical viewpoint

Neoabolitionist

Early 20th century

Post 1950

Dunning School

Christianity

Lutheranism

Mormonism

  • Leonard J. Arrington - 1975-1982
  • Fawn M. Brodie]]
  • Shipps, Jan

The Papacy

Holocaust

Marxist

Annales School

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By general category

Art history

Economic history

Espionage

Maritime history

Military History

Historiography

Gender

History of ideas

History of business

History of international relations

History of science and technology


World history

Biography

notes

  1. see David Moon, "Fernand Braudel and the Annales School" at [1]; Peter Burke, The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School, 1929-1989. (1991), excerpt and text search; François Dosse. The New History in France: The Triumph of the Annales. (1994) excerpt and text search