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Anthony SteelOBE
Steel, c. 1950-60s
Born	Anthony Bedford Steel (1900-02-24)24 February 1900
Died	3 October 1973(1973-10-03) (aged 73)
Nationality	British
Title	Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Wales (1949–1966)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Medieval English history
Institutions	Christ's College, Cambridge University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Wales
Notable students	A. Rupert Hall

Anthony Bedford Steel OBE (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

1. Fox, Jessica S. (19 July 2005). "The story of my great grandfather". BBC. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
2. "Humanities and Social Studies Archives". Cardiff University. Retrieved 3 September 2008.

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