chronologist
Noun
Meaning
Alt. of Chronologer
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
chronologer
registrar
historian
reporter
chronicler
biographer
recorder
scribe
archivist
timekeeper
annalist
writer
timer
diarist
historiographer
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Examples
In 1000, the Muslim chronologist al-Biruni described all of the modern rules of the Hebrew calendar, except that he specified three different epochs used by various Jewish communities being one, two, or three years later than the modern epoch.
The 19th century chronologist Ideler argued that Celsus used the term "posterior" in a technical fashion to refer to the earlier of the two days, which requires the inscription to refer to the whole 48-hour day as the bissextile.