Coptic Historians
Over the centuries, many Coptic historians recorded the history of the Copts and that of the Coptic Church. The most prominent of these Coptic historians are:
- John of Nikiu, bishop and historian
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa, bishop, theologian, author and historian first author of the History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria.
- Fr. Menassa Youhanna, historian and theologian.
- Iris Habib Elmasry, author of the The Story of the Coptic Church
- Labib Habachi, Egyptologist
- Aziz Suryal Atiya
Notable non-Coptic historians include:
- Mrs. Edith. L Butcher author of 'The story of the Church of Egypt', 1897
- Otto F. A. Meinardus author of Two thousand years of coptic christianity
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