羅伯特·查爾斯·貝爾

羅伯特·查爾斯·貝爾（Robert Charles Bell，1917年—2002年），英國外科醫生，以桌上遊戲研究而知名。

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生於安大略省，1928年赴英國求學，成為外科醫生，業餘興趣是研究各種桌上遊戲，在1960年出版研究書《來自許多文明的版圖、桌上遊戲》（Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations），並替遊戲作有系統分類，自鑄相關術語，如擲賽遊戲。

The Boardgame Book. London: Bookthrift Company, 1979.
Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-486-23855-5
- Reprint: New York: Exeter Books, 1983.
Discovering Mah-Jongg - Shire Publications.
Discovering Chess - Shire Publications
Discovering Old Board Games - Shire Publications #182 ISBN 0-85263-235-5
Discovering Backgammon - Shire Publications #201 ISBN 0-85263-263-0

Bell, RC, Board and Table Games rev. 1969 and rpt. with vol 2 as Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations Mineola, NY: Dover, 1979, London: Oxford University Press, 1960, ISBN 0-486-23855-5
Bell, RC, Board and Table Games 2 rpt. with vol 1 as Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations Mineola, NY: Dover, 1979, London: Oxford University Press, 1969, ISBN 0-486-23855-5
Bell, RC, Discovering Backgammon 2nd, Shire Publications, 1984, ISBN 978-0-85263-474-5
Finkel, Irving (编), Notes on the Contributors, Ancient Board Games in Perspective, London: The British Museum Press: v–vi, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7141-1153-7
Parlett, David, The Oxford History of Board Games, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-212998-8