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But Wood, who died in a car accident Sunday at 92, was far more than a chronicler of this country’s founding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Sir Mark, who died on Sunday at a Delhi hospital where he was undergoing treatment, has been described as a "chronicler of modern India".

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Another piece she’ll make her students read is a great 1993 Times essay by longtime L.A. chronicler Michael Ventura that I had never heard of until I saw it on Alvarez’s Facebook timeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville, the French chronicler of early America, arrived in Plymouth.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

Kote trailed off, nodding to himself “Yes, of course you are. Not a chronicler, the Chronicler.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss