Definition
Individuals who research, analyze and interpret the past using a wide variety of sources which may include government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films and unpublished documents such as personal diaries and letters. Historians usually specialize in a country or region, a particular period, or a particular field such as social, intellectual, cultural, political or diplomatic history. Biographers collect detailed information on individuals. Other historians help study and preserve archival materials, artifacts and historic buildings and sites.
URL Name
YO-8000-8000-300
Third Level Code
YO-8000
Taxonomy Code
YO-8000.8000-300
Parent Code
YO-8000.8000
Family Code
Y
Second Level Code
YO
Fifth Level Code
YO-8000-8000-300
Fourth Level Code
YO-8000-8000
Publication Status
Online