“Okay, firstly, academic historians write academic history for academics. It's a myth that you can't be a historian without having a degree. Ian Fletcher, the globally acknowledged expert in the Peninsular War, doesn't have a degree. He always tells me that, “The books we write are the ones which academics read to get their degrees from.””

—  Rick D Phillips

Source: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-become-historian-without-studying-history-in-University

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