annalists
Yearly event documenters
Annalists are writers who record events year by year in chronological sequence.
The term usually refers to ancient historians, particularly Roman ones like Livy, who organized their accounts by the annual terms of magistrates: The Roman annalists documented each consul's year in office.
The word distinguishes chroniclers focused on temporal sequence from historians who analyze causes and patterns.
Scholars of the past
- chroniclersThose who record events
- archivistsKeepers of historical documents
- scribesProfessional document copiers
- biographersWriters of life stories
antiquarians · genealogists · documentarians · memorialists · diarists · registrars · recorders · historiographers
Sequential historical accounts
- yearbooksSchool memory publications
- registersRecords officially
- logbooksOfficial activity records
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
diaries · manuscripts · scrolls · codices · ledgers · minutes · dossiers · archives
Temporal ordering of events
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- notationSystem of written symbols
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
compilation · enumeration · periodization · dating · sequencing · verification · cross-referencing · sourcing
historians
Scholars of the past
- chroniclersThose who record events
- archivistsKeepers of historical documents
- scribesProfessional document copiers
biographers · antiquarians · genealogists · documentarians · memorialists · diarists · registrars · recorders · historiographers · monks
chronicles
Sequential historical accounts
journals · diaries · manuscripts · scrolls · codices · ledgers · minutes · dossiers · archives · compilations
chronology
Temporal ordering of events
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- notationSystem of written symbols
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
transcription · compilation · enumeration · periodization · dating · sequencing · verification · cross-referencing · sourcing · annotation
annalistsnovelists
Writers of long-form fiction
fabulists · fiction writers · fantasists · romancers · storytellers
annalistsfuturists
Predictors of coming developments
prognosticators · prophets · forecasters · oracles · seers