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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 The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

from 1909 to 1933. Born in Blackheath, he was the son of Rev. Joseph and Louisa Beazley. He was educated at St Paul's School,

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and

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. His academic career was as a Fellow of

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, 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 p ...

* ''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 Roy ...

*(trans.) "

Directorium ad faciendum passagium transmarinum The ''Directorium ad faciendum passagium transmarinum'' (or ''Directorium ad passagium'' for short) is an anonymous 24,000-word Latin treatise on crusading submitted to King Philip VI of France on 26 July 1330 or 1332. The treatise proposes the ...

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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 Nevill Forbes 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 Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Knights Bachelor British historians British Nazis {{UK-historian-stub