HISTORIOGRAPHER
historian, historiographer
(noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
historiographer (plural historiographers)
A scholar who studies historiography.
Source: Wiktionary
His*to`ri*og"ra*pher, n. Etym: [L. historiographus, Gr.
historiographe.]
Definition: An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or
designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some
governments upon historians of distinction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition