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A historian is a scholar who researches and interprets past events. Federation starships of the 23rd century could include historians among their officers. Lieutenant Marla McGivers, for instance, served on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). It is not clear just what the duties of a historian were on a starship. Indeed, when the Enterprise encountered the 20th century sleeper ship SS Botany Bay, Captain Kirk commented that this was a chance to "finally get some use out of that historian." (TOS: "Space Seed")

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List of Historians

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