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historiographer|hɪstɔərɪˈɒgrəfə(r)|
(Also 6 -graphier.)
[f. prec. or late L. historiograph-us + -er. Cf. OF. historiographeur.]
1. A writer or compiler of a history; a chronicler or historian.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. cxciv. 199 Henricus, the histo[rio]grapher, made of hym [the king] thyse verses. c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 103 Thus..was this wall made..if wee beeleeve Gildas, a Brittyshe historiographer. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 160 b, Valerius Maximus, and the other Historiographiers. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. Indrod. 7 Pieces of Mythologie..so commun among the ancient Poets, and Historiographers. 1728Morgan Algiers II. iv. 290 Why should these circumstances be mentioned by a Historiographer of such gravity? a1834Lamb Ode to Treadmill (L.), Inspire my spirit, spirit of Defoe..Historiographer of deathless Crusoe.
2. spec. An official historian appointed in connexion with a court, or some public institution.
1555Eden Decades 144 Iohannes Aiora is broker to..the kynges historiographer. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 265 James Howell..was made the Kings Historiographer, being the first in England that bore that title. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 677 Rev. Dr. William Robertson..historiographer to his majesty for Scotland. 1862Fraser's Mag. July 122–3 The reign of William and Mary, when the office of ‘Historiographer’ Royal was conferred on.. Thomas Rymer.
transf.1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. v. (1875) 206 Scott became the historiographer royal of feudalism. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Europe viii. (1894) 173, I felt myself at liberty to accompany my friends in the humble character of historiographer.
3. One who describes or gives a systematic account of some natural object or objects (cf. history n. 5); a writer of natural history.
1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 1 The Historiographers which do set forth the Description of the Earth in Figure. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 339 The Historiographers affirme, that this kinde of wilde horses ranging up and downe the Arabian deserts [etc.]. 1635Swan Spec. M. iv. §2 (1643) 67 Their tops are above the clouds..(as Historiographers do report it). 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) II. 41 The great historiographer of ants is M.P. Huber.
Hence historiˈographership, the office of historiographer.
1814W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 419, I am heartily glad you [Southey] got the laureateship, and wish you had also the historiographership. 1881Saintsbury Dryden iii. 67 The late holder of the historiographership. |