Anthony Steel

Anthony Bedford Steel (24 February 1900 – 3 October 1973) was a British historian, specialising in medieval England. He was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and principal of Cardiff University from 1949 to 1966. Among his publications were a monograph on the reign of Richard II, as well as a biography of the 19th-century writer Robert Smith Surtees, 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 male non-fiction writers 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 Male biographers