List of historians by area of study This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also List of historians. By time period Ancient history Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Peter Green - Ancient Greece and Macedon Barbara Levick (born 1932, British) - Roman emperors Howard Hayes Scullard (1903-1983) - Roman civilization Ronald Syme (1903 - 1989) - Classical period Medieval history Marc Bloch (1886-1944, French) - Medieval France John Boswell (1947-1994, American) - Homosexuality in the Middle Ages Norman Cantor (1930-2004) Georges Duby (1924-1996, French) - Specialized in the history of France between the Capets and the Valois F.L. Ganshof (1895-1980), Dutch - wrote on early medieval institutional history and feudalism Patrick Geary - early Middle Ages Johan Huizinga (Dutch) - Wrote 'Waning of the Middle Ages' Rev. F.X. Martin (Irish) - Mediævalist and campaigner Rosamond McKitterick - Frankish and Carolingian history Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) - the "Pirenne Thesis" of early Medieval development Eileen Power - Middle Ages Miri Rubin - social and religious history, 1100-1500 Richard Southern (1912-2001) By nation or geographical area North America History of Canada Donald Creighton - Developed the Laurentian thesis Lionel Groulx (1878-1967) - The history of Quebec in particular and French North America in general Harold Innis - Economic historian of Canada J.L. Granatstein - Military historian of Canada W.L. Morton - Expert on western Canada See also List of Canadian historians. History of the Caribbean Eric Williams (1911-1981) - Focused on slavery and the slave trade, condemned imperialism History of the United States Stephen Ambrose (1936-2002) - Biographer of Eisenhower George Bancroft (1800-1891) - wrote first large-scale history of the US Charles Beard (1874-1948) Bruce Catton - American Civil War David Herbert Donald Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) David Lavender (1910-2003) - Western U.S. David McCullough (1933- ) - general study, most notable work is recent biography of John Adams Gary Moulton - prominent Lewis and Clark historian Harry W. Pfanz - American Civil War Arthur Schlesinger Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) - Developed the Frontier Thesis C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999) - Southern United States Howard Zinn (1922- ) - Leftist historian of the United States Europe History of England and Great Britain Angus Calder - Great Britain Eamon Duffy - 15th-17th century religious history (not "the Reformation") Antonia Fraser - England Christopher Hill (1912-2003) - 17th century England John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947) - Early English history Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903-1997) - The history of Cornwall and Elizabethan England John Robert Seeley (1834-1895) David Starkey (born 1945) - Tudor historian and TV presenter E. P. Thompson, (1924-1993), historian of the British working class Lawrence Stone, The history of society and the family in England George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876–1962) - Prolific author on many periods of English history Retha M Warnicke (born 1939) - Tudor history and gender issues Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910-1997) - British historian History of France Marc Bloch (1886-1944) - Medieval France Georges Duby (1924-1996) - Medieval France Lucien Febvre (1878-1956) - French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie - history of the French peasantry John B. Wolf (1907-???) - French history See also List of historians of the French Revolution. History of Germany Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) - British historian and peer who specialized on Nazi leadership and incorrectly verified the authenticity of The Hitler Diaries History of Ireland Brian Farrell (born 1929) - Irish political history, historian and emeritus Associated Professor of Politics, UCD History of Poland Pawel Jasienica (1909-1970) - Polish amateur historian History of Russia Robert Conquest - The Soviet Union Richard Pipes - The Soviet Union Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (born 1918) - Russian historian responsible for forcing knowledge of Soviet atrocities on the world William Taubman - Nikita Khrushchev History of Slovenia Bogo Grafenauer (1916--1995) The Middle East George Antonius (1891-1941) - Historian of Arab nationalism Bernard Lewis - History of Islam and the Middle East Albert Hourani Asia History of China Li Ao (born 1935) - Historian, author, and politician and broadcaster in the Republic of China on Taiwan Sima Qian - Compiled Records of the Grand Historian History of Korea Dae-sook Suh - Korean War and North Korea History of India A. L. Basham Ranajit Guha John Keay Sumit Sarkar Percival Spear Romila Thapar Bipin Chandra History of Japan Karl Friday By historical viewpoint Abolitionist George Washington Williams - Early African-American historian Christianity Eusebius of Caesarea (~275–339) - "Father of Church history" Protestantism Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim (1694-1755) - Lutheran historian of Christianity from its inception through the 18th century Mormonism B. H. Roberts - Latter-day Saint leader and historian Leonard J. Arrington (1917-1999) - LDS Church historian 1975-1982 Marxist Ranajit Guha - Indian marxist historian Christopher Hill Eric Hobsbawm - Marxist historian Timothy Wright Mason - Marxist historian who worked on the history of national socialism Maxime Rodinson French marxist historian on the history of islam Sumit Sarkar Indian marxist historian Edward Palmer Thompson British marxist historian, author of "The Making of the English Working Class" Nazi Walter Frank (1905-1945) - Nazi historian and anti-Semitic writer Anarchist Paul Avrich Murray Bookchin Howard Zinn (born 1922) Pacifist Ludwig Quidde (1858-1941) - Precient German pacifist and student of history who combined his specialties in his condemnation of Kaiser Wilhelm II By general category Art history Simon Schama (born 1945) - Art history Josef Strzygowski (born 1862) - Architectural history Economic history Military history Saul David - Military history Richard Holmes - British military history John Keegan (born 1934, English) - Specializes in 20th-century wars Leo Niehorster (born 1947) - World War II Peter Paret - Military history Cornelius Ryan (1920-1974) - World War II Naval history Robert G. Albion - Maritime history Howard I. Chapelle - Maritime history Tyrone G. Martin - Historian of the USS Constitution and of the history of ironclads Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) - Wrote History of United States Naval Operations in World War II and numerous works about the naval exploration of America Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) - Wrote The Naval History of the Great War Gender and sexuality studies John Boswell (1947-1994, American) - Homosexuality in medieval times Retha M Warnicke (born 1939) - Gender issues History of ideas, literature, and philosophy Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) - History of ideas Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984) - History of ideas Lewis Mumford (1895-1988) - History of technology Ivan Prijatelj (1875-1937) - Literary history France Kidric (1880-1950) - Literary history History of business Alfred Chandler History of international relations John Lewis Gaddis, historian of the Cold War A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) - Historian of European International Relations History of science and technology Peter Galison, physics, philosophy, objectivity John L. Heilbron, physics, quantification, astronomy, religion and science Thomas P. Hughes, technology Evelyn Fox Keller, science and gender, biology Daniel J. Kevles, science and politics, physics, biology, eugenics Thomas Kuhn, physics, "paradigm shifts" Abraham Pais, physics George Sarton World history Ferdinand Braudel (1902-1985) - Social and economic history Francis Fukuyama (born 1955) - "End of history" thesis Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) - World history and geography for younger readers 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 Biography Alan Bullock (1914-2004) - Historian best known for his influential biography of Hitler By medium Broadcasters Tristram Hunt (born 1974) - Historian and Broadcaster (BBC2) best known for his four-part series on the English Civil War Michael Wood - Prolific historian and broadcaster who has authored more than sixty TV movies on various areas of history Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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