William Beard
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William Beard may refer to:
- William Beard (1772-1868)William Beard (1772-1868)-Life:He was the son of a farmer at Banwell, Somerset, was born on 24 April 1772.He received such education as the parish clerk, who was also the schoolmaster of the village, could give him. Like his father, he worked on the land....
, bone collector, the son of a farmer at Banwell, Somerset. - William Holbrook BeardWilliam Holbrook BeardWilliam Holbrook Beard was an American painter.Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a prolific artist...
(1825–1900), American painter - William P. "Bull Moose" Beard, publisher of the short-lived Abbeville ScimitarAbbeville ScimitarThe Abbeville Scimitar was a short-lived newspaper of Abbeville, South Carolina in the early 20th century, notable chiefly for its iconoclastic and outspokenly racist publisher, William P. "Bull Moose" Beard, an ally of Coleman Livingston Blease, a South Carolina politician known for his racist...