Are you wondering how to become a historian? Studying history not only gives one an understanding of the past, but provides them with information to help them assess the future ...

David Herbert Donald was a Pulitzer Prize winning historian of the Civil War, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his numerous books on Abraham Lincoln.Yahoo News ...

Margaret Truman was an author of a series of murder mysteries, a historian, and for a brief time, a singer. She was also the only child of former president Harry ...

Historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin was a professor of legal history at Duke University. Franklin's specialty was the history of African Americans and the U.S. South ...

Clarence King was an American explorer and geologist. King is often noted for his exploration and mapping of the American west and Sierra Nevada regions. A 2009 book by historian ...

Jason Scott Sadofsky (generally known as: Jason Scott), is a historian, documentary filmmaker, and essayist best known as the curator of textfiles.com, a site collecting thousands of pieces of ...

Rachel Maines, technology historian, talks about how activities that were once functional have become recreational in advanced societies.

Martha Putney was a historian who documented the many contributions of Blacks in combat. Serving in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) during World War II, she knew first-hand ...