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Charles Raymond Beazley (3 April 1868 – 1 February 1955) was a British historian. He was Professor of History at the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

from 1909 to 1933. Born in

Blackheath Blackheath may refer to: Places England *Blackheath, London, England ** Blackheath railway station **Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England *Blackheath, Surrey, England ** Hundred of Blackh ...

, he was the son of Rev. Joseph and Louisa Beazley. He was educated at St Paul's School,

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

. His academic career was as a Fellow of

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

, until his chair at Birmingham. Associated with a pro-German tendency within the British political and intellectual establishment in the inter-war years, Beazley was a regular contributor to the ''Anglo-German Review'', established in 1936. He subsequently sat on the National Council of the Link, a pro-German organisation.

Works

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James of Aragon
' (1890) *
Henry the Navigator
' (1895) * ''The Dawn of Modern Geography''
vol. 1, 1897vol. 2, 1901vol. 3, 1906
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John and Sebastian Cabot
' (1898) * ''The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea''. Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara (1899) translator with

Edgar Prestage Edgar Prestage (1869–1951) was a British historian and Portuguese scholar. Biography Born in Manchester on 20 July 1869, he served as professor of Portuguese at King's College, London between 1923 and 1936, and had authored over a hundred pu ...

* ''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 Edward John Payne (22 July 1844 – 26 December 1904) was an English barrister and historian specializing in colonial history. Life The elder son of Edward William Payne, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Payne was educated at High Wycombe Roya ...

*(trans.) "

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in ''American Historical Review'' (1907) * ''A Note-book of Mediaeval History AD323–AD1453'' (1917) *
Russia From The Varangians To The Bolsheviks
' (1918) with

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and G. A. Birkett *
Nineteenth Century Europe
' (1922) * ''The Road to Ruin in Europe'' (1932) * ''The Beauty of the North Cotswolds'' (1946)

References

External links

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The Papers of Charles Raymond Beazley
at Dartmouth College Library 1868 births 1955 deaths People educated at St Paul's School, London Academics of the University of Birmingham Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British historians Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Knights Bachelor {{UK-historian-stub