* 1773 – James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian ( d. 1836 )

* 1865 – James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian ( d. 1935 )

The contemporary historian James W. Loewen agrees with the oral traditions in his book, Lies Across America: What Our Historic Markers and Monuments Get Wrong ( 1999 ), but there is not a consensus within the professional academic community.

Other names connected to the city include Max Born, physicist and Nobel laureate ; Charles Darwin, the biologist who discovered natural selection ; David Hume, a philosopher, economist and historian ; James Hutton, regarded as the " Father of Geology "; John Napier inventor of logarithms ; chemist and one of the founders of thermodynamics Joseph Black ; pioneering medical researchers Joseph Lister and James Young Simpson ; chemist and discoverer of the element nitrogen, Daniel Rutherford ; mathematician and developer of the Maclaurin series, Colin Maclaurin and Ian Wilmut, the geneticist involved in the cloning of Dolly the sheep just outside Edinburgh.

In historian J. E. Neale's view, Elizabeth may not have declared her wishes openly to James, but she made them known with " unmistakable if veiled phrases ".

* 1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian

The historian James Partington further thinks it likely that Greek fire was not in fact the creation of any single person, but " invented by chemists in Constantinople who had inherited the discoveries of the Alexandrian chemical school ".

Pulitzer Prize winning historian James McPherson, writing for the American Historical Association, described the importance of revisionism:

Political historian James Jupp says that, in domestic policy, Holt identified with the reformist wing of Victorian Liberalism.

It may have been just chance, but historian James Campbell has suggested that Chlothar summoned clergy from Britain to attend in an attempt to assert overlordship over Kent.

Book first, together with some account of the life and acts of the Author, of his ancestors, and of his descendants, illustrated by a selection of characteristic anecdotes, as collected by their historian, Mevlānā Shemsu'd-dīn Ahmed el-Eflākī el -' Arifī, translated and the poetry versified by James W. Redhouse, London: 1881.

The historian James Loewen is among those who assert that the United States purchased only France's claim to the Louisiana Territory, as the land belonged to the tribes who inhabited the area.

Baseball historian Bill James described Martínez as being exponentially more effective than his pitching peers due to his variety of pitches, pitch speeds, pinpoint control, and numerous modes of deception.

Irish historian James Emerson Tennent theorised Galle, a southern city in Sri Lanka, was the ancient seaport of Tarshish, from which King Solomon is said to have drawn ivory, peacocks and other valuables.

James Gunn described Gold's focus as being " not on the adventurer, the inventor, the engineer, or the scientist, but on the average citizen ," and according to SF historian David Kyle, Gold's work was to lead inevitably to the New Wave.

Regarding Gilliam's theme of modernity's struggle between spirituality and rationality whereas the individual may become dominated by a tyrannical, soulless machinery of disenchanted society, film critic Keith James Hamel observed a specific affinity of Gilliam's movies with the writings of economic historian Arnold Toynbee and sociologist Max Weber, specifically the latter's concept of the Iron cage of modern rationality.

Chief Justice Morrison Waite, who consulted the historian George Bancroft, also discussed at some length the Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments by James Madison, who drafted the First Amendment ; Madison used the metaphor of a " great barrier.

* Dr James Belich, New Zealand historian

** James Chace, American historian ( d. 2004 )

* January 11 – James Milton Carroll, Baptist pastor, historian, and author ( b. 1852 )

* August 5 – James Anderson, Scottish historian ( d. 1728 )

* April 3 – James Anderson, Scottish historian ( b. 1662 )

* October 20 – James Anthony Froude, English historian ( b. 1818 )

** James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Irish-born politician, diplomat and historian ( b. 1838 )

* 1985 – Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian

* Thomas Baker, historian

As a matter of fact, according to historian Frank Baker, " by 1820, there were 21, 000 Baptists, 20, 000 Methodists, but only 2, 700 Presbyterians in Kentucky.

A historian of the college, J. N. L. Baker, wrote that the college records for this time " tell of little but routine entries and departures of fellows and scholars ".

This misinformation has been so widely disseminated, that the Australian rock journalist and historian Glenn A. Baker erroneously assumed this to be true in an interview question posed to Beckley and Bunnell on the Live at the Sydney Opera House DVD.

In 2010, the award nominated " Title Town USA, Boxing in Upstate New York " by noted historian Mark Allen Baker was published by The History Press in 2010 and supports Canastota, New York as the epicenter of Upstate New York's rich boxing heritage.

In 2010, the award nominated " Title Town USA, Boxing in Upstate New York " by noted historian Mark Allen Baker was published by The History Press in 2010 and supports Canastota, New York as the epicenter of Upstate New York's rich boxing heritage.

The most notable Australian power pop band of the period was probably The Innocents ; rock historian Glenn A Baker claimed they were " the greatest power pop band since the demise of Raspberries ".

The book has a particular appeal to young people, an appeal that led historian James Baker to describe it as " more important than its detractors think, although not as important as Rand fans imagine.

Shelley scholar Carlos Baker states that " the title of his college pamphlet should have been The Necessity of Agnosticism rather than The Necessity of Atheism ," while historian David Berman argues that Shelley was an atheist, both because he characterized himself as such, and because " he denies the existence of God in both published works and private letters " during the same period.

* George Baker ( topographer ) ( 1781 – 1851 ), topographer and historian of Northampton, England

* George Baker ( art historian ), American art historian

Another recent American historian working in this tradition is Keith Michael Baker.

3XY's final on air program was a one hour pre-recorded special produced by music historian Glenn A. Baker, a tribute showcasing the music of 1976 when 3XY was number one in the radio ratings.

Other major recent speakers include California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, former secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice, George Shultz, James Baker, and Madeleine Albright ; California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ; authors Christopher Hitchens, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Greg Mortenson ; microcredit entrepreneur and Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus ; historian Victor Davis Hanson ; airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger ; CIA Director Leon Panetta ; former U. S. Comptroller General and Peter Peterson Foundation President David Walker, and business leaders Richard Kovacevich and David O ' Reilly.

* John Baker ( NZ music historian ), New Zealand music historian

* John Baker ( legal historian ) ( born 1944 ), English legal historian, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

* History of Boyle Farm by Rowland Baker ( a Surrey historian )

* Richard A. Baker ( historian ), historian of the United States Senate

Jean H. Baker, historian and biographer of Mary Todd Lincoln, describes the relationship between Lincoln and his wife as " bound together by three strong bonds – sex, parenting and politics ".