Anthony Bedford Steel (24 February 1900 – 3 October 1973) was a British historian, specialising in

medieval England England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the Middle Ages, medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the Early modern Britain, early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the co ...

. He was a fellow of Christ's College,

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, north of London. As of the 2021 Unit ...

, and principal of

Cardiff University Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...

from 1949 to 1966. Among his publications were a monograph on the reign of

Richard II Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward, Prince of Wales (later known as the Black Prince), and Joan, Countess of Kent. R ...

, as well as a biography of the 19th-century writer

Robert Smith Surtees Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 180516 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is re ...

, titled ''Jorrick's England''. He also translated Albert Sorel's ''L'Europe et la Revolution Francaise'' into English (as ''Europe and the French Revolution'').

Publications

*''Jorrocks's England: On the Works of Robert Smith Surtees'' (London: Methuen & Co., 1932). *''Richard II'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1941). *''The Custom of the Room; or, Early Wine-Books of Christ's College, Cambridge'' (Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons 1951). *''The Receipt of the Exchequer, 1377–1485'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954).

References

1900 births 1973 deaths 20th-century British biographers 20th-century British historians Academics of Cardiff University British medievalists Commanders of the Order of St John Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge Historians of England British male biographers Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{UCambridge-stub