Adelman, Paul Adelman studied at the University of Cambridge and taught history at Kingston Polytechnic, Surrey. He is the author of numerous student guides to British nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, including Peel and the Conservative Party 1830–1850 (1989) and The Decline of the Liberal Party 1910–1931 (1982).

Aldous, Richard Having studied for his PhD at the University of Cambridge, England, Aldous is Currently Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Literature at Bard College, New York. He previously taught at University College, Dublin.

Anderson, Olive Professor Anderson was head of the Department of History, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. She is the author of Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England (1987).

Bagehot, Walter Born in Somerset, the son of a banker, Bagehot (1826–1877) attended Bristol College and then the University of London, where he studied Classics. While working in the family bank he founded the National Review in 1855, and in 1861 became editor of the Economist, which had been founded by his fatherin- law, James Wilson, in 1843 to advance the case for free trade. Besides his numerous articles on economic, political and literary subjects, Bagehot authored the highly influential The English Constitution (1867).

Baring, Evelyn, Earl of Cromer A member of the Baring banking family, Baring (1841–1917) began his career in the army (he played an important part in developing the plan to implement Gladstone's policy for abolishing the purchase of commissions in the army), but later entered government service, being appointed British Controller of Egyptian Finance under the Dual Control with France in 1879, and then, in 1883, consul-general of Egypt under the British occupation. He became Baron Cromer in 1892, Earl Cromer 1901, and in 1906 was appointed to the Order of Merit.

Beales, Derek Edward Dawson Beales (born 1931) was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he has taught since 1955. He was appointed Professor of Modern History at Cambridge in 1980. He has written on a wide array of themes on European, Italian and British history.

Bebbington, David Having graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1971, Bebbington (born 1949) completed his doctorate at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, before moving, in 1976, to the University of Stirling in Scotland, where he is currently Professor of History.