Historian Ronald Numbers has been quoted as saying: " I can't say much about Gould's strengths as a scientist, but for a long time I've regarded him as the second most influential historian of science ( next to Thomas Kuhn ).

Historian Ronald Hutton has argued that there is no necessary correlation between the worship of female deities and relative levels of social or legal egalitarianism, noting the late classical Greek and Roman religions, in which goddesses played important roles.

Historian Ronald Hutton suggested in Triumph of the Moon that this identification with Herodias was inspired by the work of Jules Michelet in Satanism and Witchcraft.

B. Metzler, Stuttgart, 1920 ), adding sketches of the work's content and significance, and author biography: Ronald T. Ridley " Friedrich Münzer's Roman Aristocratic Parties and Families ", XIX-XXXVIII ; Thérèse Ridley " The Fate of a Historian ", XXXIX-LVII ; and a photograph of Münzer opposite the title page translation

Historian Bruce Bartlett, former domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan, has called Starve the Beast " the most pernicious fiscal doctrine in history ", and blames it for the increase in US government debt since the 1980s.

Historian Ronald Hutton records comments from British practitioners of Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca that distinctions between the two traditions have blurred in the last couple of decades, and some initiates of both traditions have recognized initiation within one as qualification for the other.

Historian Ronald Hutton remarked that " It is quite possible that pre-Christian mythology lies behind this tradition " of a belief in familiar spirits.

Historian Ronald Hutton concurred with this assessment, remarking that " Looking at the recorded charms dispensed by magical practitioners, it is obvious that many – perhaps the majority – are Christian in character.

Historian Ronald Hutton noted that the low magic of the cunning folk was one of the lesser influences upon the development of the Neopagan religion of Wicca and related witchcraft-based groups in the early twentieth century.

Historian of creationism Ronald L. Numbers states that the Society " acquired a well-deserved reputation for welcoming only committed flood geologists.

Historian Ronald W. Walker states that the party's name was selected to combat the notion that Brigham Young, himself not an elected official since 1857, was a tyrant.

Historian Ronald Hyam comments that " Ceylon furnished MacDonald with a lethal combination of a military command which was inactive and uninteresting, and a community of boys who were interesting and very active.

Historian Ronald Mellor considers it " Tacitus's crowning achievement " which represents the " pinnacle of Roman historical writing ".

Historian Ronald Mellor considers it " Tacitus's crowning achievement " which represents the " pinnacle of Roman historical writing ".

* Paul F. Grendler, " Georg Voigt: Historian of Humanism ", in: Humanism and Creativity in the Renaissance: Essays in Honor of Ronald G. Witt, hrsg.

Historian Dr. Paul Hutton has called Young Guns the most historically accurate of all prior Billy the Kid films.

Historian Milo Milton Quaife, however, regarded Kinzie's account of Point du Sable as " largely fictitious and wholly unauthenticated ".

Historian John Mack Faragher cautions that the folk image of Boone as semiliterate is misleading, however, arguing that Boone " acquired a level of literacy that was the equal of most men of his times.

Historian Richard Kluger, however, described the difficulties of the task:

Historian Stephen W. Sears, however, states that there is no basis to the claims that Hooker was either a heavy drinker, or that he was ever intoxicated on the battlefield.

Historian and Ford biographer Stephen B. Oates, however, concludes that Union deaths were much higher, numbering approximately 30, many of whom drowned in the Rio Grande or were attacked and killed by French border guards on the Mexican side.

Historian Leon Litwack states in his essay " Hellhounds ", however, that during an investigation by a white detective that was separate to the Wells-organised investigation, Cranford's wife revealed that Hose had never entered the house and had acted in self-defence.

Historian John Paul Hill considers this unlikely, however, because two of Chandler's strongest allies, Connie Mack and Walter Briggs, Sr., were ardently opposed to integration while William DeWitt, the second owner in the American League to integrate, voted against him.

The main events of this war were the indecisive < ref name =" British historian Ian Robertson ">< sub >< big >↓</ big ></ sub > British historian Ian Robertson: “ Civil war, however, was immediately provoked by the partisans of " la Beltraneja ", whose claim was supported by the king of Portugal, but after the indecisive battle of Toro ( 1476 ) the Portuguese withdrew leaving Fernando and Isabel firmly established ” in Spain, the mainland, E. Benn, 1980, p. 19 .</ ref >< ref name =" Historian Carl ">< sub >< big >↓</ big ></ sub > Historian Carl hanson: “ In march 1476, the Portuguese and Castilian armies met at Toro.

Historian Moshe Sharon dismisses that asserion however, citing the absence of their claims in any Jewish sources and the earlier Muslim reports.

Historian Alex Woolf, however, presents the case that the genealogists have erroneously inserted Bede's Cadwallon into the pedigree of the unrelated Kings of Gwynedd as son of Cadfan.

Historian Patrick Gallo, however, in For Love and Country: The Italian Resistance ( University Press Of America, 2003 ), argues that the Rome-based Resistance not only undermined German morale but also achieved important strategic objectives and was hence not a useless provocation, as contended by critics, but an act of legitimate military significance in furthering the Allied victory.

Historian and journalist Louis-Guy Lemieux, however, claims that about 40 % of Quebecers have Irish ancestry on at least one side of their family tree.

Historian Steven Runciman repeated the assertion, however it is unknown where the fleet originated and would not have been under Edgar's command.

Historian and archaeologist Alexandru Vulpe found a remarkable uniformity of the Geto-Dacian culture, however he is one of the few Romanian archaeologists to make a clear distinction between the Getae and Dacians, arguing against the traditional position of the Romanian historiography that considered the two people the same.

Historian Jose N. Sevilla y Tolentino, however, suggested that Dula was not a personal name at all, but a local word for “ Palace ,” such that “ Lakandula ” was the local-language title, “ Lord of the Palace ” of the rulers of Tondo.

Historian Jean Fremigacci, however, has recently contested this estimate, highlighting the difficulties of historical research on the matter ( due to dispersion of archives, etc.

Additional titles of Fleet Surgeon and Historian are assigned by the Commodore, however, they are not members of the Board of Trustees.

Historian Mark Summers concludes that Pike stressed the sensational, but " however maliciously and mendaciously he shaded his evidence, his accounts squared with those of his colleagues Charles Nordhoff of the New York Herald and H. P.

The primary literary ancestor of The Historian, however, is Bram Stoker's Dracula ( 1897 ).

It is important to note, however, that few scholars today believe that Sima Qian's account of the book-burning in the Records of the Grand Historian -- the source of our knowledge about this event -- reflects what actually happened.

Historian Stanley Jones, in his study of the 1896 election, suggests that western Democrats would have opposed Cleveland even if the party had held its congressional majority in 1894 ; with the disastrous defeat, they believed the party would be wiped out in the West if it did not support silver.

Historian and biographer Stephen W. Sears has called McClellan's actions " essentially sound " if he had been as outnumbered as he believed, but McClellan in fact rarely had less than a two-to-one advantage over his opponents in 1861 and 1862.

Historian Emma Wilby identified recurring motifs in various European folk tales and fairy tales that she believed displayed a belief in familiar spirits.

Historian Perry Biddiscombe believed the decision to keep hundreds of thousands of men in poor conditions of the Rheinwiesenlager camps was " mainly to prevent Werwolf activity " in post-war Germany.

Historian James Chapman highlights this as a reason that, in an age before home video, many people believed the Dalek serial to be the first Doctor Who story because the novelizations published by Target were the " closest that fans had to the original programmes ".

Historian James P. Duffy believed that Germany had no central authority over the development and construction of advanced weaponry.

Historian Theodore Draper notes that Browder " was influenced by an offshoot of the syndicalist movement which believed in working in the AF of L ( American Federation of Labor ).

Historian of Rome Erich Gruen believed that Crassus's purpose was to enrich the public treasury, since personal wealth was not what Crassus himself most lacked.

Historian and author Philip Orbanes wrote in 2004 that it is believed that the character is based on either the calling cards of Albert Edward Richardson ( Parker Brothers ' first traveling salesman ), the character of " Little Esky " from Esquire magazine, or a combination of the two.

The Book of History refers to an area called Liangzhou (), while Sima Qian's book Records of the Grand Historian speaks of a " Bao Kingdom " (), both of which are believed to refer to the area now called Hanzhong.

" Historian David Frith writes that Verity was " probably the cricketer admired above all others ", while Bob Wyatt believed the two men were very similar in outlook, temperament and desire to succeed.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, Xu Fu claimed that there were three divine mountains in the sea and went to one of the mountain-islands, which were later believed to be Japan.

Historian Ezra J. Warner believed that in doing so Cooper was " thereby making a priceless contribution to the history of the period.

Historian Chen Gongzhe, who was also one of Huo's students, believed that the cause of his master's death was hemoptysis disease.