biography of Daniel Carter BEARD (1850-1941)

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Death place: Suffern, NY

Addresses: Suffern NY/Hawley, PA

Profession: Cartoonist, teacher, painter, illustrator, lecturer, writer

Studied: Worall's Acad.; Sartain; ASL, with Chase, Beckwith

Exhibited: Brooklyn AA, 1883, 1885. Awards: Roosevelt Distinguished Medal, other awards.

Member: SI; ASL.

Work: LOC

Comments: Son of James H. Beard, brother of James Carter Beard, Frank Beard, and Harry Beard. Auth./illus. of books and articles on nature subjects: the outdoors and wildlife including Western animals. He also illustrated the works of Mark Twain and was the founder of the Boy Scouts in the U.S. Mt. Beard near Mt. McKinley is named for him. Positions: ed., Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Pictorial Review, American Boy, New York Herald, The Press; assoc. ed., Life.

Sources: WW40; P&H Samuels, 27-28.