historian

Etymology

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”). More at history.

noun

1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
2. One who studies or researches history.
3. (medicine) One who recounts their own medical history.
   The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian. 2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care