Beevor

Article summary

Beevor as a surname may refer to: *Antony Beevor (born 1946), British historian *Charles Edward Beevor (1854–1908), English neurologist and anatomist **Beevor's axiom, the idea that the brain does not know muscles, only movements **Beevor's sign, characteristic of some types of spinal cord injury *Humphry Beevor (1903–1965), 7th Bishop of Lebombo, Mozambique *James Rigby Beevor (1811–1849), English colonist and pastoralist of South Australia, after whom Mount Beevor is named *John Beevor (1845–1903), English first-class cricketer *Miles Beevor (1900–1994), English solicitor, pilot and businessman *Beevor baronets, created in 1784 for the prominent agriculturalist Thomas Beevor

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309185601