Arthur Charles Frederick Beales (1905 - 16 August 1974) was an historian. [1] [2]
He was educated at King's College London, where his mentors included F. J. C. Hearnshaw and Eileen Power. [1] Beales spent all but four years of his career at King's; for three years he was a schoolmaster and he worked for University College, Swansea for a year. From 1964 until his retirement in 1972 he was Professor of History at King's. [1] In 1935 he converted to Catholicism. [1]
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