Charles Raymond Beazley
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Sir Charles Raymond Beazley (1868 – 1955) was a British historian. He was Professor of History at the University of Birmingham
from 1909-1933.
He was educated at St Paul's School, King's College London
and Balliol College, Oxford
. His academic career was as a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
, until his chair at Birmingham.
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
from 1909-1933.
He was educated at St Paul's School, King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
. His academic career was as a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
, until his chair at Birmingham.
Works
- James of Aragon (1890)
- Henry the Navigator (1895)
- The Dawn of Modern Geography (three volumes 1897-1906)
- John and Sebastian Cabot (1898)
- The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Written by Gomes Eannes de AzuraraGomes Eannes de AzuraraGomes Eanes de Zurara , sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was the second of the notable Portuguese chroniclers, after Fernão Lopes.- Life and career :Gomes Eanes de Zurara adopted the career of letters in middle life...
(1899) translator with Edgar Prestage - An English Garner: Voyages and Travels mainly during the 16th and 17th Centuries (1902) two volumes
- Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen. Select Narratives from the 'Principal Navigations' of Hakluyt (1907) edited with Edward John Payne
- A Note-book of Mediaeval History AD323-AD1453 (1917)
- Russia From The Varangians To The Bolsheviks (1918) with Nevill Forbes and G. A. Birkett
- Nineteenth Century Europe (1922)
- The Road to Ruin in Europe (1932)
- The Beauty of the North Cotswolds (1946)