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C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley
1868–1955
A British historian and geographer, he spent much of his career exploring how medieval travel, discovery, and empire shaped the modern world. His books helped make the history of exploration vivid and accessible for general readers as well as students.
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About the author
Born on April 3, 1868, Sir Charles Raymond Beazley was a British historian who studied at St Paul's School, King's College London, and Balliol College, Oxford. He went on to teach history at several institutions and became Professor of History at the University of Birmingham in 1909, a post he held until 1933.
Beazley is especially remembered for his writing on exploration, geography, and the medieval world. Works such as The Dawn of Modern Geography and Prince Henry the Navigator show his lasting interest in the people, maps, and voyages that connected Europe to wider global history.
During the First World War he also lectured to soldiers in France through YMCA work, and after the war he continued giving lectures in French universities. Knighted in 1920, he remained a respected scholarly figure well into later life, and died on February 1, 1955.