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Robert Steele
1860–1944
Drawn to medieval writing early in life, he became one of the key editors who opened Roger Bacon's work to modern readers. His books also range widely across early printing, old romances, and the everyday lore of the Middle Ages.
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The Story of Alexander
by Robert Steele
About the author
A British scholar born in 1860, he is best known for editing the long-running Opera hactenus inedita Rogeri Bacon, a major multi-volume publication of Roger Bacon's previously unpublished writings. Accounts of his early life note the influence of William Morris, which helped spark his interest in medieval texts.
His work was not limited to one author. Library records show a broad range of titles connected with his name, including studies of early printing, editions of medieval prose and romance, and collections such as Mediaeval Lore From Bartholomaeus Anglicus and The Earliest Arithmetics in English. That mix of careful scholarship and readable subject matter makes him an appealing figure for listeners interested in older literature and intellectual history.
He died in 1944. Even now, his reputation rests on patient editorial work that helped preserve, organize, and explain difficult medieval material for later readers.