After World War II, Beasley was stationed in Japan. He learned Japanese there, and then studied strategic geography in New York City. Beasley served in Canada and also back in England before volunteering to attend the U.S. Serving at first on the destroyer Tartar, he was next assigned to the navy's special branch after a failed eye test disqualified him for officer training school. It was during his military service that he learned the Japanese language and came to appreciate the culture. at University College London just before enlisting in the Royal Navy in 1940. Beasley was an authority on Japanese history and a retired professor of the history of the Far East at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). See index for CA sketch: Born December 22, 1919, in England died November 19, 2006. 1919-2006 (William Gerald Beasley) OBITUARY NOTICE.
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