historiographer
Official history writer
A historiographer is a writer of history, especially one officially appointed to record the history of an institution, court, or nation.
The term emphasizes the craft of writing history rather than simply studying it: the royal historiographer, she served as historiographer to the university for thirty years.
In academic contexts, historiographer sometimes refers to someone who studies the methods and development of historical writing itself.
Writer of historical accounts
- annalistRecorder of historical events
- archivistKeeper of historical documents
- biographerOne who writes lives
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
medievalist · modernist · revisionist · academic · professor · genealogist · ethnologist · theorist
Temporal ordering of events
- timelineOrdered display of events
- epochsDistinct historical stretches
- erasNamed spans of history
- agesExtended time spans
antiquity · prehistory · dynasties · civilizations · kingdoms · succession · genealogy · lineage
Stored historical records
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- chroniclesSequential historical accounts
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- dossierFile of personal information
transcripts · manuscripts · ledger · journals · memoranda · inventory · log · minutes
Mention of a source
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- bibliographyList of cited works
- referencesSources cited for verification
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
appendices · indexing · cross-referencing · monograph · publication · abstract · acknowledgments · preface
Evidence confirming another account
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- heuristicPractical solving shortcut
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
inquiry · investigation · interpretation · periodization · objectivity · bias · contextualization · causation
chronicler
Writer of historical accounts
- annalistRecorder of historical events
- archivistKeeper of historical documents
- biographerOne who writes lives
antiquarian · medievalist · modernist · revisionist · academic · professor · genealogist · ethnologist · theorist · analyst
chronology
Temporal ordering of events
ages · antiquity · prehistory · dynasties · civilizations · kingdoms · succession · genealogy · lineage · heritage
archive
Stored historical records
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- chroniclesSequential historical accounts
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
dossier · transcripts · manuscripts · ledger · journals · memoranda · inventory · log · minutes · registry
citation
Mention of a source
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- bibliographyList of cited works
- referencesSources cited for verification
annotation · appendices · indexing · cross-referencing · monograph · publication · abstract · acknowledgments · preface · methodology
corroboration
Evidence confirming another account
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- heuristicPractical solving shortcut
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
evidence · inquiry · investigation · interpretation · periodization · objectivity · bias · contextualization · causation · counterfactual
- scholarsscholar, professors, professor, researcher, researchers
- historianshistorians, chronicler, chroniclers, annalist, annalists
- historiographysecondary sources, primary sources, periodization, sources, revisionism
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- museum jobstour guide, curator, museum guide, gallery guide, art historians
historiographerfuturist
Tomorrow trends scholar
futurologist · prognosticator · forecaster · prophet · seer
historiographernovelist
Writer of prose narratives
fiction writer · fabulist · mythmaker · fantasist · storyteller