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* [[Sumit Sarkar]] Indian marxist historian
* [[Sumit Sarkar]] Indian marxist historian
* [[Edward Palmer Thompson]] British marxist historian, author of "The Making of the English Working Class"
* [[Edward Palmer Thompson]] British marxist historian, author of "The Making of the English Working Class"
===[[Nazism|Nazi]]===
*[[Walter Frank]] ([[1905]]-[[1945]]) - Nazi historian and [[anti-Semitic]] writer
*[[David Hoggan]] ([[1923]]-[[1988]])
===[[pacifism|Pacifist]]===
*[[Ludwig Quidde]] ([[1858]]-[[1941]]) - Prescient German pacifist and student of history who combined his specialties in his condemnation of [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]]


==By general category==
==By general category==
===[[Art history]]===
===[[Art history]]===
*[[Nicholas Pevsner]] ([[1903]]–[[1983]]) History of art and English architecture
*[[Nicholas Pevsner]] (1903–1983) History of art and English architecture
*[[Simon Schama]] (born [[1945]]) - Art history
*[[Josef Strzygowski]] (born 1862) - Architectural history
*[[Josef Strzygowski]] (born [[1862]]) - Architectural history


===[[Economic history]]===
===[[Economic history]]===
*[[Niall Ferguson]]
*[[Niall Ferguson]], Harvard U.
*[[Robert Fogel]] - defendant of "scientific" history and practitioner of [[cliometrics]]
*[[Robert Fogel]] Nobe l Prize winner in economic history; author of [[The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism (book by Robert William Fogel)]]  
*[[David Landes|David S. Landes]]
*[[David S. Landes, American
*[[Walt Whitman Rostow|W. W. Rostow]]
*[[W. W. Rostow]], American historian of industrialization
*[[R. H. Tawney]]
*[[R. H. Tawney]], English historian of [[Industrial Revolution]]


===[[Espionage]]===
===[[Espionage]]===
*[[John Barron (journalist)|John Barron]]
*[[John Earl Haynes]], American historian of Communist espionage
*[[John Earl Haynes]]
*[[David Kahn]], historian of codes
*[[David Kahn]]
*[[Victor Suvorov]]
*[[Victor Suvorov]]
*[[Nigel West]]
*[[Nigel West]]
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*[[Howard I. Chapelle]]
*[[Howard I. Chapelle]]
*[[John Hattendorf]]
*[[John Hattendorf]]
*[[Samuel Eliot Morison]]
*[[Samuel Eliot Morison]], Pulitzer prize winner


===[[Military History]]===
===[[Military History]]===
*[[Correlli Barnett]] - British military historian.
*[[Correlli Barnett]] - British  
*[[Terry Copp]] - Canadian military historian
*[[Terry Copp]] - Canadian  
*[[Martin van Creveld]] - Israeli military historian.
*[[Martin van Creveld]] - Israeli  
*[[Jack Granatstein]] - Canadian military historian.
*[[Jack Granatstein]] - Canadian  
*[[Victor Davis Hanson]] - American classicist & military historian.
*[[Victor Davis Hanson]] - American classicist  
*[[Richard Holmes]] - British military history
*[[Richard Holmes]] - British  
*[[Alistair Horne]] - British historian of French military history.  
*[[Alistair Horne]] - British historian of French military history.  
*[[Michael Howard]] - [[Military History]]
*[[Michael Howard]] -  
*[[John Keegan]] (born 1934, English) - [[Military History]]
*[[John Keegan]] (born 1934, English)  
*[[Basil Liddell Hart]] (1895–1970) [[Military History]]
*[[Basil Liddell Hart]] (1895–1970)  
*[[Edward Luttwak]] (born 1942) [[Military strategy]]
*[[Edward Luttwak]] (born 1942)  
*[[Alfred Thayer Mahan]]
*[[Alfred Thayer Mahan]], American theorist of sea power
*[[S. L. A. Marshall]] - American military historian.
*[[S. L. A. Marshall]] - American military historian.
*[[Samuel Eliot Morison]] (1887-1976) - World War II, Columbus, Jones
*[[Samuel Eliot Morison]] (1887-1976) - World War II, Columbus, Jones
*[[Peter Paret]] - [[Military history]]
*[[Peter Paret]]  
*[[Gordon Prange]] - World War II
*[[Gordon Prange]] - World War II
*[[Gerhard Ritter]] - German military historian.
*[[Gerhard Ritter]] - German  
*[[Cornelius Ryan]] (1920-1974) - World War II
*[[Hew Strachan]] - World War I.
*[[Hew Strachan]] - World War I.
*[[Gerhard Weinberg]] - World War II
*[[Gerhard Weinberg]] - World War II
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*[[Edward H. Carr]]
*[[Edward H. Carr]]
*[[R. G. Collingwood]]
*[[R. G. Collingwood]]
*[[Geoffrey Rudolph Elton|Geoffrey Elton]]
*[[Geoffrey Elton]]
*[[Richard J. Evans]]
*[[Richard J. Evans]]
*[[Pieter Geyl]]
*[[Pieter Geyl]]
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===History of international relations===
===History of international relations===
*[[Harry Elmer Barnes]]
*[[Harry Elmer Barnes]], World wars; revisionist
*[[Herbert Butterfield]]
*[[Herbert Butterfield]]
*[[Gordon A. Craig]]
*[[Gordon A. Craig]], Germany
*[[John Lewis Gaddis]], historian of the Cold War.
*[[John Lewis Gaddis]], American now at Yale; Cold War.
*[[Klaus Hildebrand]]
*[[Klaus Hildebrand]]
*[[Andreas Hillgruber]]
*[[Andreas Hillgruber]]
*[[Paul Kennedy]], British historian, author of influential "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers"
*[[Paul Kennedy]], British historian now at Yale, author of influential "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers"
*[[William L. Langer]], ([[1896]]-[[1977]])  
*[[William L. Langer]], ([[1896]]-[[1977]])  
*[[Eduard Mark]]
*[[Eduard Mark]]
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*[[W.N. Medlicott]]
*[[W.N. Medlicott]]
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]]
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]]
*[[Paul W. Schroeder]], US historian, 19c European [[International Relations]]
*[[Paul W. Schroeder]], American historian, 19c European [[International Relations]]
*[[A.J.P. Taylor]] ([[1906]]-[[1990]]) - Historian of European [[International Relations]]
*[[A.J.P. Taylor]] (1906-1990) - English specialist on Europe and England
*[[Harold Temperley]], ([[1879]]-[[1939]]), British historian, Cambridge, 19c and early 20c century diplomatic history, "British Documents on the Originis of the War, 1898-1914" (ed.)
*[[Harold Temperley]], (1879-1939), British editor of "British Documents on the Originis of the War, 1898-1914"
*Ernest [[Llewellyn Woodward]], ([[1890]]-[[1971]])
*Ernest [[Llewellyn Woodward]], (1890-1971)


===[[History of science and technology]]===
===[[History of science and technology]]===
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*[[Abraham Pais]], physics
*[[Abraham Pais]], physics
*[[A. I. Sabra]], optics, Islamic science
*[[A. I. Sabra]], optics, Islamic science
*[[George Sarton]]
*[[George Sarton]], Harvard;






==World history==
==World history==
*[[Fernand Braudel]] ([[1902]]-[[1985]]) - Social and economic history
*[[Fernand Braudel]] (1902-1985) French specialist oin Mediterranean
*[[Hendrik Willem van Loon]] ([[1882]]-[[1944]]) - World history and geography for younger readers
*[[William McNeill]] (born 1917) American;
*[[William McNeill]] (born [[1917]]) - Author of ''[[The Rise of the West]]''
*[[Jackson J. Spielvogel]] - [[Pennsylvania State University]], author of several major world history textbooks
*[[Jackson J. Spielvogel]] - [[Pennsylvania State University]], author of several major world history textbooks
*[[Arnold J. Toynbee]] ([[1889]]-[[1975]]) - Wrote landmark text ''[[A Study of History]]''
*[[Arnold J. Toynbee]] ([[1889]]-[[1975]]) - Wrote landmark text ''[[A Study of History]]''

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This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also List of historians.

By time period

Ancient history

Medieval history

By nation or geographical area

North America

History of Canada

See also List of Canadian historians.

History of the Caribbean

History of the United States

See also Category:Historians of the United States

Europe

History of Europe

History of England and Britain

History of France

See also List of historians of the French Revolution.

History of Germany

History of Ireland

  • Brian Farrell (born 1929) - Irish political history, historian and emeritus Associated Professor of Politics, UCD

History of Italy

History of Poland

History of Russia

History of Slovenia

History of Spain

History of Yugoslavia

The Middle East

Asia

History of China

History of Korea

History of India

History of Japan

Australasia

History of Australia

By historical viewpoint

Abolitionist

Christianity

Lutheranism

Mormonism

The Papacy

Salvation Army

Holocaust

Marxist

By general category

Art history

Economic history

Espionage

Maritime history

Military History

Historiography

Gender and sexuality studies

History of ideas, literature, and philosophy

History of business

History of international relations

History of science and technology


World history

Biography