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What did Matthew Paris do as a historian?
Matthew Paris wrote a number of works, mostly historical, which he scribed and illuminated himself, typically in drawings partly coloured with watercolour washes, sometimes called tinted drawings.
What was the history that Matthew Paris' predecessors had followed?
After admission to the order in 1217, Matthew Paris inherited the mantle St. Albans' official recorder of events, in 1236.
what did Matthew Paris write about?
Matthew Paris' known activities were devoted to the composition of history. Naturalists have praised his descriptions of the English wildlife of his time.

Question: did he write about anybody important in history?
Self-contained rewrite: did Matthew Paris write about anybody important in history?