Who said, 'element of interpretation enters into every fact of history'?

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d). E.H. Carr, in his famous book 'What is History?', argued that history is a 'continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past'.
Information Booster

• Carr challenged the 19th-century view of 'objective' history where facts spoke for themselves.
• He believed that a fact only becomes a 'historical fact' when the historian decides to use it.
• Interpretation is inseparable from historical narrative.
• His work is a cornerstone of historiography and philosophy of history.
• Carr emphasizes that historians are influenced by their own social and temporal context.

Additional Knowledge

• Marc Bloch: Co-founder of the Annales School; emphasized 'total history' and the study of mentalities.
• G.M. Trevelyan: A famous British Whig historian known for his social histories.
• Kitson Clark: A Cambridge historian known for his work on 19th-century British political history.