Historian Harold Schultz describes the Aberharts as " prosperous ", while biographers David Elliott and Iris Miller says they " lived better than the average family ".

* Daniel Walker Howe and Peter Elliott Finn, " Richard Hofstadter: The Ironies of an American Historian ," Pacific Historical Review 43 ( February 1974 ): 1-18 in JSTOR

Historian Mark Elliott credits Tourgée with introducing the metaphor of " color-blind " justice into legal discourse.

Historian James Breck Perkins says, " he asked enormous advantages in return for the protection he extended John Law and his associates, and the unfortunate adventurer was not in a position to say no to so powerful a nobleman.

Historian Kenneth Cameron has written that Perkins ' accomplishment was to " define the look of contemporary fly fishing and the entire social universe in which it fits, no small achievement.

" Historian Ron Chernow says of this " he wasn't calling for peaceful protests or civil disobedience: he was calling for outright rebellion, if needed, against the federal government of which he was vice president.

Historian Garry Wills argued " Their nullification effort, if others had picked it up, would have been a greater threat to freedom than the misguided and sedition laws, which were soon rendered feckless by ridicule and electoral pressure " The theoretical damage of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions was " deep and lasting, and was a recipe for disunion ".

Historian Joseph Allen recounts that on one occasion Nelson, whose eyesight was still suffering following his wound, offered toothpicks to an officer who had lost his teeth and then passed a snuff-box to an officer whose nose had been torn off, causing much embarrassment.

The thesis that the Third Reich went to war on the basis of " blitzkrieg economics " was criticized by Richard Overy in the 1980s and Historian George Raudzens highlighted the many, somewhat conflicting, senses in which historians have used the word.

Historian Paul K. Davis wrote, " Having defeated Eudes, he turned to the Rhine to strengthen his northeastern borders-but in 725 was diverted south with the activity of the Muslims in Acquitane.

Historian and journalist Robert Peel, who was a Christian Scientist, chronicles examples of these accounts, quoting from the affidavits.

The first systematic Chinese historical text, Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian, was written by Sima Qian.

Historian Kris Inwood places the date very early, at least in Nova Scotia, finding clear signs that the Maritimes " Golden Age " of the mid-nineteenth century was over by 1870, before Confederation or the National Policy could have had any significant impact.

) Assistant Church Historian, Andrew Jenson, also reported that the alphabet was produced by a committee composed of Orson Pratt, Parley P. Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, George D. Watt, Robert L. Campbell, and others.

Third, Laozi was the Grand Historian and astrologer Lao Dan ( " Old Long-ears "), who lived during the reign ( 384-362 BC ) of Duke Xian ( 獻公 ) of Qin ).

Historian Isabelle Dervaux has described the reception this painting received when it was first exhibited at the official Paris Salon of 1874: " Visitors and critics found its subject baffling, its composition incoherent, and its execution sketchy.

Historian Mark Stoyle suggests that she was probably taught Cornish by William Killigrew, Groom of the Privy Chamber and later Chamberlain of the Exchequer.

Historian Brian Loring Villa concluded that Mountbatten conducted the raid without authority, but that his intention to do so was known to several of his superiors, who took no action to stop him.

Historian Gordon Wood concludes that the greatest act in his life was his resignation as commander of the armies — an act that stunned aristocratic Europe.

Historian Wolfgang Sauer says that " although he was pedantic, dogmatic, and dull, Himmler emerged under Hitler as second in actual power.

Historian Neil Davidson notes that “ after 1746 there was an entirely new level of participation by Scots in political life, particularly outside Scotland ”.

Historian Strabo writes that the Seleucids later gave the area south of the Hindu Kush to the Mauryas after a treaty was made.

Historian Benjamin Platt Thomas wrote that Booth " won celebrity with theater-goers by his romantic personal attraction ", but that he was " too impatient for hard study " and his " brilliant talents had failed of full development.

Historian Wilhelm Levison, writing in 1946, was sceptical about the authenticity of this charter.

" Historian Ron Chernow says of this " he wasn't calling for peaceful protests or civil disobedience: he was calling for outright rebellion, if needed, against the federal government of which he was vice president.

Historian Garry Wills argued " Their nullification effort, if others had picked it up, would have been a greater threat to freedom than the misguided and sedition laws, which were soon rendered feckless by ridicule and electoral pressure " The theoretical damage of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions was " deep and lasting, and was a recipe for disunion ".

Historian Michael Lynch comments that " the Scottishness of Balmoral helped to give the monarchy a truly British dimension for the first time ".

The Xia Dynasty of China ( from c. 2100 to c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals.

Records of the Grand Historian is the first among Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of history from 3000 BCE to the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.

Historian Patrick O ' Farrell noted in The Irish in Australia ( 1987 ) that the term " Australia first " became " what amounted to the Australian Irish Catholic slogan ".

Historian Donald Morris states that Shaka's first major battle against Zwide, of the Ndwandwe, was the Battle of Gqokli Hill, on the Mfolozi river.

Historian Hugh Trevor-Roper said in 1977 that More was " the first great Englishman whom we feel that we know, the most saintly of humanists, the most human of saints, the universal man of our cool northern renaissance.

Historian John M. Cooper argues that, in his first term, Wilson successfully pushed a legislative agenda that few presidents have equaled, and remained unmatched up until the New Deal.

* 841 BC: Records of the Grand Historian regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history.

The Xia Dynasty (; ; c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical chronicles such as Bamboo Annals, Classic of History and Records of the Grand Historian.

The first certain appearance of Halley's Comet in the historical record is a description from 240 BCE, in the Chinese chronicle Records of the Grand Historian or Shiji, which describes a comet that appeared in the east and moved north.

Historian Edward Gregg dismissed the rumours as ungrounded, as her father was essentially exiled from court, and the Hanoverians planned to marry Prince George to his first cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle as part of a scheme to unite the Hanoverian inheritance.

Historian Shelley Rice, in her book Parisian Views writes that " most Parisians during first half of the nineteenth century perceived streets as dirty, crowded, and unhealthy.

Records of the Grand Historian ( compiled by historian Sima Qian by 91 BC ) regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history.

Historian Carl A. Brasseaux asserted that it was this process of intermarriage that created the Cajuns in the first place.

Historian Roderich Schmidt says that the first mention was in two documents dating to 1227, signed by the Pomeranian dukes Wartislaw III and Barnim I and their mothers, confirming the establishment of Marienbusch Abbey in 1224 and donating estates, among them a village " in Stolp minore " or " in parvo Ztolp ", respectively, to that abbey.

Historian James Henry Breasted considered Akhenaten to be &# 8220 ; the first individual in history ,&# 8221 ; as well as the first monotheist, romantic, and scientist.

Historian Will T. Hale believes that the first settlers in the county were at Liberty and came from Maryland in 1797.

According to the footnote of the " The lunar calender of Qin and Chu " (《 秦楚之际月表 》) from the Index of the Records of the Grand Historian (《 史记索隐 》), the first month Zhengyue, " due to the taboo of the First Emperor's given name Zheng, was reformed as Duanyue ( 端月 ).

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, the first emperor was born in 259 BC as the eldest son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, written by Sima Qian during the next dynasty and avowedly hostile to Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor was not the actual son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin.

Ed Engelbart was named Township Historian, following a resolution passed on May 10, 2011, making him the first person to be named to this position in a decade.

Historian and rancher J. Evetts Haley was born in Belton and is buried beside his first wife, Nita Stewart Haley, in the Moffat Cemetery.