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John Beard (colonial administrator)

John Beard (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]

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Beard wrote one of the earliest accounts of the legend of Gabriel Boughton. He died in Hooghly in 1685.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Provinces of British India – World Statesmen
  2. [2]
    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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