Edward Elton Young Hales (8 October 1908 – 1 July 1986) was an English Catholic historian.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, "Teddy" Hales (as he was called by his friends) worked as an inspector in the British Ministry of Education in London, and was influential in promoting the study of world history in secondary schools in the UK.
[1] Hales compared his conversion to the Catholic Church with St. Paul's conversion experience, arguing that although "revelations such as Paul had were not to be expected by ordinary people like myself...moments of special illumination are granted, just very occasionally, to most of us in the course of our lives, and we do well to heed them when they come.
[2] Some of his books include: He died at Bellagio, Italy while on holiday there.
An obituary of E. E. Y. Hales was published in The Catholic Historical Review, Vol.