Beevor as a surname may refer to: *

Antony Beevor Sir Antony James Beevor, (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works on the Second World War and the Spanish Civil War. Early life Born in Kensington, Beevor was educated at two ...

(born 1946), British historian *

Charles Edward Beevor Charles Edward Beevor (12 June 1854 – 5 December 1908) was an English neurologist and anatomist who described Beevor's sign, the Jaw jerk reflex, and the area of the brain supplied by the anterior choroidal artery. He also coined Beevor's axio ...

(1854–1908), English neurologist and anatomist **

Beevor's axiom Beevor's Axiom is the idea that the brain does not know muscles, only movements. In other words, the brain registers the movements that muscles combine to make, not the individual muscles that are making the movements. Hence, this is why one can sig ...

, the idea that the brain does not know muscles, only movements **

Beevor's sign Beevor's sign is medical sign in which the navel moves towards the head upon flexing the neck, indicating selective weakness of the lower abdominal muscles. Causes include spinal cord injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and facioscapulohu ...

, characteristic of some types of spinal cord injury *

Humphry Beevor Humphry Beevor (24 August 1903 – 12 June 1965) was the seventh Bishop of Lebombo. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1929. His first post was as a curate at St Mark's Church, Swindon. He was th ...

(1903–1965), 7th Bishop of Lebombo, Mozambique * James Rigby Beevor (1811–1849), English colonist and pastoralist of South Australia, after whom

Mount Beevor Mount Beevor is one of the highest peaks on the eastern flank of the central Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia with height of 503 metres. Geography Mount Beevor is a rounded prominence forming part of a north-south trending ridge, about 30& ...

is named *

John Beevor John Grosvenor Beevor (1 January 1845 – 5 May 1903) was an English first-class cricketer active 1868–1871 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born and died in Barnby Moor. The son of Henry Beevor of Retford, he was educated at Uppingha ...

(1845-1903), English first-class cricketer *

Miles Beevor Miles Beevor (8 March 1900 in Hendon, London – 9 September 1994 in Wolverhampton) was a solicitor, pilot and businessman. The son of Rowland Beevor and Margaret Frances Evans, Beevor was educated at Winchester College, and graduated from ...

(1900–1994), English solicitor, pilot and businessman *

Beevor baronets The Beevor Baronetcy, of Hethel in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetage ...

, created in 1784 for the prominent agriculturalist Thomas Beevor

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