Given the question: Facts: - imagesize: 200px - death place: concord , new south wales - main interests: australian military history first world war - caption: portrait by george lambert , 1924 . - influences: banjo paterson - death date: 30 august 1968 - major works: '' 1914 -- 1918 '' official history of australia in the war of - influenced: gavin long bill gammage - awards: chesney gold medal -lrb- 1930 -rrb- - fullname: charles edwin woodrow bean - birth date: 18 november 1879 - name: charles bean - image: charles ew bean portrait.jpg - birth place: bathurst , new south wales - alma mater: university of oxford Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles bean .
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charles edwin woodrow bean -lrb- 18 november 1879 -- 30 august 1968 -rrb- , usually identified as c.e.w. bean , was an australian schoolmaster , judge 's associate , barrister , journalist , war correspondent and historian .bean is renowned as the editor of the 12-volume '' official history of australia in the war of 1914 -- 1918 '' .bean wrote volumes i to vi himself , dealing with the australian imperial force -lrb- aif -rrb- at gallipoli , france and belgium .bean was instrumental in the establishment of the australian war memorial , and of the creation and popularisation of the anzac legend .