Three years later Colbert procured him the appointment ofhistoriographer to the king.
On his return to his native country, he was raised to the dignity of royal historiographer by Alfonso, younger brother of Henry IV.
Oviedo occupied several important posts under the government, and he was appointed to one of a literary nature, for which he was well qualified by his long residence abroad; that of historiographer of the Indies.
Among the ancient, Castillo, the historiographer of Henry IV.
Enriquez del Castillo, a native of Segovia, was the chaplain and historiographer of King Henry IV.
He seems to have retained his place on the accession of Isabella, by whom he was appointed national historiographer in 1482, when, from certain remarks in his letters, it would appear he was already advanced in years.
Dryden did not abjure his new faith on the Revolution, and so lost his office and pension as laureate and historiographer royal.
With an income from various sources, including his salary as laureate and historiographer and his receipts from his engagement with Killigrew's company, amounting in all to about 600l.
Madame Pompadour--and was appointed to a place in the court; and was also made historiographer of France.
At this time he was made historiographer to the king, and witnessed many important battles.
The beginning therefore of my history, if it were to be told by anHistoriographer should be the twelfth booke, which is the last; where I devise that the Faery Queene kept her Annuall feaste xii.
Such are the opinions which the historiographer of the Expedition of the Boundaries had formed on the spot.
Samuel de Sorbiere, Historiographer Royal to the King of France, visited our shores in 1663.
Our traveller journeyed to London by wagon, rather than take a post-chaise or even the stage-coach; an extremely undignified thing for an Historiographer Royal to do, one would think.
Appointed Historiographer Royal, he began in this capacity to write his patron's life.
He encouraged Frenchmen to visit England, and appointed one of them, Bernard Andre, his Poet Laureate and Historiographer as well as tutor to his sons.
Richard Hakluyt, the historiographer of the new company, had already shown that he had inherited the spirit of helpful patronage which had characterized the labors of Eden.
The Master said, 'Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who had a horse would lend him to another to ride.
The Master said, 'Truly straightforward was the historiographer Yu.
He was the Mazkir, the annalist or historiographer of Solomon's court (2 Chron.
The fact that they are recorded without blame by an admiring historiographer shows that we are reading the annals of times of ignorance which God "winked at.
Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, continued to hold the office of annalist or historiographer (Mazkir), the officer known as the Waka Nuwish in Persian courts.
He held the office of historiographer to William III.
He held the honorary office of Historiographer Royal.
He succeeded Principal Robertson as Historiographer Royal for Scotland.
He was appointed Historiographer for Scotland in 1893.
In Rome he became the literary historiographer of the Society, and had been so excellent an aid for Clement XIII in the fight against Gallicanism that the Pope assigned him a pension.
In 1670 he had been appointed Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal with a salary of two hundred pounds and a butt of sack.
This document may safely be assumed as the source from which Prudencio de Sandoval, himself Bishop of Pampeluna and historiographer of Charles V, drew his account of the persecution of 1527 (Hist.
The nomination of Grotius, when very young, to be Historiographer of the States, led him to enquire particularly into the troubles of the Low Countries and their consequences with regard to the Seven Provinces.
The historiographer makes, however, a small mistake, naming Ruy Frere de Andrada as chief commander of the Portuguese at Ormus, who only commanded in a subordinate fortress at Kismis.
Their gallantry in the defence of Canosa elicits a hearty eulogium from Jean D'Auton, the loyal historiographer of Louis XII.
The fourth and fifth are the continuation of his work by Francisco de Aleson, a Jesuit who succeeded Moret as historiographer of Navarre.
This individual, equally eminent in letters and arms, filled the dissimilar posts of captain of the royal guard and historiographer of the crown.
In supplement to the history of Columbus by his son, we have chosen to give an account of the first Discovery of America, by Herrera the royal historiographer of Spain.
The royal historiographer proceeds, after this, to give an account of his domestic administration, of the buildings which he had erected, and the various improvements which he had introduced.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "historiographer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: annalist; chronicler; diarist
