Historian Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator who should be ranked among the greatest authoritie

Was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator who should be ranked among the greatest authorities on Ancient Near East and its languages.

Was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the

Was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) (1950), Meritorious Science Worker of Georgia (1961), Doctor of Philological Sciences (1938), Professor (1947).

Also known as Ibn al-Kutb (son of books) was an Egyptian writer, religious scholar, juristic expert

Also known as Ibn al-Kutb (son of books) was an Egyptian writer, religious scholar, juristic expert and teacher whose works deal with a wide variety of subjects in Islamic theology. He was precocious and was already a teacher in 1462. In 1486, he was appointed to a chair in the mosque of Baybars in Cairo. He adhered to the Shafi'ie Madhab and is one of the latter-day authorities of the Shafi'ie School, considered to be one of the Ashabun-Nazzar (Assessors) whose degree of Ijtihad is agreed upon.

Was an Italian journalist and historian, known for his new approach to writing history in books such

Was an Italian journalist and historian, known for his new approach to writing history in books such as History of the Greeks and History of Rome. He has been widely considered the greatest italian journalist of the XX century.

Was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and

Was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. He long served as professor of divinity at the University of Chicago, and also taught the history of Romanian culture at the University of Groningen.

Was an American historian and journalist. She was best known for her best-selling 1997 account of th

Was an American historian and journalist. She was best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking. She committed suicide on November 9, 2004. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biographical book, Finding Iris Chang,[1] as well as the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking

Was a Jewish Historian.At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem he studied European history and Jewish

Was a Jewish Historian.At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem he studied European history and Jewish history in eastern Europe. His Master thesis in 1963 was entitled Criticism of the Jewish Community and Its Leadership in the Hasidic and Non-Hasidic Literature of Eighteenth century Poland—A Comparative Study (in Hebrew).

Was a Russian boyar, voyevoda of Novgorod, and namestnik of Ryazan.

Was a Russian boyar, voyevoda of Novgorod, and namestnik of Ryazan.

Was a Georgian historian whose voluminous works heavily infuenced the modern scholarship of the hist

Was a Georgian historian whose voluminous works heavily infuenced the modern scholarship of the history and culture of Georgia. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University (1918) and its rector from 1919 to 1926.