Beales, D(erek) E(dward) D(awson)

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BEALES, D(erek) E(dward) D(awson)

BEALES, D(erek) E(dward) D(awson). British, b. 1931. Genres: History. Career: Cambridge University, Assistant Lecturer, 1962-65, Lecturer, 1965-80, Chairman, Faculty Board of History, 1979-81, Member, General Board of Faculties, 1987-89, Professor, 1980-97, and Emeritus Professor of Modern History, 1997-, Sidney Sussex College, Research Fellow, 1955-58, Fellow, 1958-, Tutor, 1961-70, and Vice-Master, 1973-75. Reading University, Stenton Lecturer, 1992; Trinity College, Cambridge, Birkbeck Lecturer, 1993. Historical Journal, Editor, 1971-75, Chairman, Editorial Board, 1990-97. British Academy, Fellow, 1989-. Royal Historical Society, Member of the Council, 1984-88. Publications: England and Italy 1859-60, 1961; From Castlereagh to Gladstone, 1969; The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy, 1971, rev. ed. (with E.F. Biagini), 2002; History and Biography, 1981; Joseph II: In the Shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780, 1987; Mozart and the Habsburgs, 1993; Prosperity and Plunder: European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 16501815, 2002; Enlightenment and Reform in the Eighteenth Century, 2004. EDITOR: (with G.F.A. Best) History, Society and the Churches, 1985; (with H.B. Nisbet) Sidney Sussex College Quatercentenary Essays, 1996; Cassell's Companion to Eighteenth Century Britain, 2001; Cassell's Companion to Twentieth Century Britain, 2001. Address: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge CB2 3HU, England.