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Derek Beales
British historian (1931–2023)
Derek Edward Dawson Beales, FBA (12 June 1931 – 10 July 2023) was a British historian.[1] He wrote the definitive work on the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.[2]
Born in Felixstowe, he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA in 1953, an MA and a PhD in 1957.[1] He was appointed a Fellow of Sidney Sussex in 1955 and a University Lecturer in History in 1965, which he held until 1980.[3] He was then Professor of Modern History at Cambridge until 1997.[3]
Beales was editor of The Historical Journal from 1971 until 1975.[1] From 1984 until 1987 he was a member of the council of the Royal Historical Society.[1] In 1989 he was elected a fellow of the British Academy.[3]
Derek Beales died on 10 July 2023, at the age of 92.[4]