historian

scholar who deals with the exploration and presentation of history
Intangible profession Q201788
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Summary

historian is a profession[1]. historian ranks in the top 8% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,069 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: humanities scholar[3]
  • Commons category: Historians[4]
  • Field of this occupation: study of history[5], historiography[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Historians[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8]
  • Has characteristic: type of historian[9]
  • Has list: list of historians[10], list of historians by area of study[11], list of historians by continent[12]
  • Female form of label: مؤرِّخة[13], مؤرخه[14], historiadora[15], historička[16], Historikerin[17], historiistino[18], historienne[19], היסטוריונית[20], storica[21], vēsturniece[22], historica[23], zgodovinarka[24], historiane[25], историчарка[26]
  • Male form of label: historik[27], Historiker[28], historien[29], historiistulo[30], storico[31], historiador[32], историчар[33], hijenavan[34], estoriaol[35]

Why It Matters

historian has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] historian is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . Répertoire opérationnel des métiers et des emplois. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Franzekafka · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 109
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bcl', 'be', 'blk',
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مؤرِّخة'}, {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'مؤرخه'}, {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'historiadora'} +28
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Female form of label: історикиня"
  2. 7w ago · Ерідан · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مؤرِّخة'}, {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'مؤرخه'}, {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'historiadora'} +28
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Female form of label: історик"
  3. 8w ago · Serpicozaure · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مؤرِّخة'}, {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'مؤرخه'}, {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'historiadora'} +28
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: sejarawati"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → historians
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: historians, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937748|historians (#289937748)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  5. 12w ago · Franzekafka · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مؤرِّخة'}, {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'مؤرخه'}, {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'historiadora'} +28
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: історикиня"
  6. 14w ago · Ерідан · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مؤرِّخة'}, {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'مؤرخه'}, {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'historiadora'} +28
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Female form of label: історикиня"
  7. 15w ago · O Breixo · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006893-historiografove, 0213589-historicky
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'historik'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Historiker'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'historien'} +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Male form of label: historiador"
  8. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006893-historiografove, 0213589-historicky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006893-historiografove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  9. 23w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → type of historian
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: type of historian"
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