ইতিহাসবিদ একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি ইতিহাস নিয়ে গবেষণা করেন, অধ্যয়ন করেন এবং লিখেন, তার এই বিষয়ের উপর দখল আছে । ঐতিহাসিকরা অতীতের ঘটনার একটানা, সুশৃঙ্খল বর্ণনা নিয়ে গবেষণা করেন এবং মানব জাতির সাথে অতীতের ঘটনার সম্পর্ক

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. Some historians are recognized by publications or training and experience. "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere.