Beryl the Peril 'Beak-Boy' due to his abnormally large nose. Beryl the Peril Beryl the Peril (or simply Beryl) is a fictional character created by David Law, the creator of Dennis the Menace, for issue 1 of "The Topper" comic (dated 7 February 1953) published by DC Thomson & Co. Limited. Like Dennis, she had black and red apparel, and devilishly tormented her parents and other members of her community. Despite not having quite as many appearances as other DC Thomson characters such as Dennis the Menace or Desperate Dan, Beryl is still considered one of the classic characters which define the popularity
Beryl Smalley Beryl Smalley Beryl Smalley, FBA (3 June 1905–6 April 1984) was a British historian and academic. She is best known for her work, "The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages", originally published around 1940, but revised many times, which laid the foundations of modern study of the Medieval popular Bible. She was a tutor in history (1943 to 1969) and Vice-Principal (1957 to 1969) of St Hilda's College, Oxford. One of her more notable pupils was the internationally respected historian on mid-Tudor England, Jennifer Loach, a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford. Beryl Smalley was born 3 June