historian

plural historians · alternative hist.

1. A writer of history.

   Synonyms: commentator

2. One who studies or researches history.

   history does not consult the convenience of historians, though some of them are not always aware of it.

   1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 354

   1 more example

   If this is what real people and societies are like, then it may be appropriate for historians to represent their subjects' lives in storylike form.

   1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history, page 65

3. medicineOne who recounts their own medical history.

   The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.

   2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care