Anthony Steel (historian)

Anthony Steel
Steel, c. 1950-60s
Born
Anthony Bedford Steel

(1900-02-24)24 February 1900
Died3 October 1973(1973-10-03) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
TitlePrincipal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Wales (1949–1966)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineMedieval English history
Institutions
Notable studentsA. Rupert Hall

Anthony Bedford Steel OBE (24 February 1900 – 3 October 1973) was a British historian, specialising in medieval England. He was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and principal of Cardiff University from 1949 to 1966. Among his publications were a monograph on the reign of Richard II, as well as a biography of the 19th-century writer Robert Smith Surtees, titled Jorrick's England. He also translated Albert Sorel's L'Europe et la Revolution Francaise into English (as Europe and the French Revolution).