John Beard | |
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| Died | 1685 |
| Occupation | Colonial Administrator |
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John Beard (died 1685) was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as the Chief Agent and President of Bengal in the late seventeenth century.[1]
Beard wrote one of the earliest accounts of the legend of Gabriel Boughton. He died in Hooghly in 1685.[2]
References
- ↑ Provinces of British India – World Statesmen
- ↑ Kochhar, Rajesh (September 1999). "The truth behind the legend: European doctors in pre-colonial India". Journal of Biosciences. 24 (3): 259–268. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.623.1442. doi:10.1007/BF02941239 – via Indian Academy of Sciences.
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