contemporary historian meaning in English

近代史学家

To search the truth of this plague , it ' s necessary for us to restudy contemporary historian ' s records , make a through inquiry on the plague ' s origin , dissemination route , symptoms , infectious medium , the number of death , the countermeasures of the government and it ' s influence
为了探寻这次大瘟疫的真相，有必要重新研究当时史家对大瘟疫传播情况的记载，对瘟疫的起源和传播路线、瘟疫的症状和传染介质、死亡人数、政府对策及大瘟疫的影响几方面进行深入的探讨。