Professor Derek Beales FBA

History
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1989
Year of death
2023
Subjects
History

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Modern History and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Modern History and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge

1987 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Modern History

1980 - 1997

University of Cambridge University Lecturer in History

1965 - 1980

Sidney Sussex College University of Cambridge Fellow

1955 -

Publications

From Castlereagh to Gladstone, 1815-1885 1969

Joseph II, vol I: In the shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780 1987

Monks, nuns and spoilers: European Catholic monasteries in the age of enlightenment and revolution 2002

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The social, political & cultural history of Germany in the long 19th centure; Germans & the natural world; German transnational history since the 16th century.

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Professor Rosemary Ashton FBA

English Language and Literature

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Professor Annabel Brett FBA

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