Derek Edward Dawson Beales, FBA (12 June 1931 – 10 July 2023) was a British historian.
[1] He wrote the definitive work on the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.
[2] Born in Felixstowe, he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA in 1953, an MA and a PhD in 1957.
[1] He was appointed a Fellow of Sidney Sussex in 1955 and a University Lecturer in History in 1965, which he held until 1980.
[3] Derek Beales died on 10 July 2023, at the age of 92.