Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941
Variant namesAmerican naturalist and illustrator, active in Boy Scout movement.
From the description of Paper on death of Buffalo Jones, 1920 / by Dan Beard. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13488891
Biographical Note
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1850, 21 June:
Born, Cincinnati, Ohio -
1880 -1884 :Student, Art Students League, New York, N.Y. -
1882:
Published What To Do and How To Do It. The American Boys Handy Book. New York: C. Scribner's Sons -
1889:
Illustrated first edition of Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -
1893 -1900 :Taught, New York School of Applied Design for Woman, New York, N.Y. -
1894:
Married Beatrice Alice Jackson -
1905:
Founded Sons of Daniel Boone -
1905 -1906 :Editor, Recreation magazine -
1910:
Cofounder, Boy Scouts of America -
1910 -1941 :National scout commissioner and member of the executive board, Boy Scouts of America -
1911 -1915 :Organized and directed Department of Woodcraft, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind. -
1915:
Established Dan Beard Outdoor School for Boys -
1939:
Published Hardly a Man Is Now Alive. New York: Doubleday, Doran -
1941, 11 June:
Died, Suffern, N.Y.
From the guide to the Daniel Carter Beard Papers, 1798-1941, (bulk 1931-1935), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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Death 1941-06-11
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