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Both are correct. In words where the stress is not on the first syllable, an initial h may be silent before the articles anand the.

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Both "a historian" and "an historian" are correct, as people may pronounce the 'h' in historian either silently or with a slight aspirated sound. In British English, it is more common to use "an historian" due to the way the 'h' is pronounced.

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