Surgeon Rear-Admiral Charles Marsh Beadnell (17 February 1872 – 27 September 1947), best known as C. Marsh Beadnell, was a British surgeon and

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officer.Anonymous. (1947)
"Surgeon Rear-Admiral C. M. Beadnell, C.B."
''

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'' 160: 598-598. BEADNELL, C

Beadnell was born in Rawalpindi. He was educated at

Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Hugget ...

and studied medicine at

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. He was a Fellow of the

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and of the Royal Anthropological Institute. A rationalist and

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, he was president of the

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(1940–1947). Beadnell described himself as a "devout agnostic".Anonymous. (1947)
"C. M. BEADNELL, C.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P."
'' British Medical Journal'' 2 (4527): 591-592. He died in

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Selected publications

''The Reality or Unreality of Spiritualistic Phenomena: Being a Criticism of Dr. W.J. Crawford's Investigation into Levitations and Raps''
(1920) * ''A Picture Book of Evolution: Adapted from the Work of the Late Dennis Hird'' (1932) * ''Fireside Science'' (1934) ith_Ray_Lankester.html" ;"title="Ray_Lankester.html" ;"title="ith Ray Lankester">ith Ray Lankester">Ray_Lankester.html" ;"title="ith Ray Lankester">ith Ray Lankester
''Dictionary of Scientific Terms, as Used in the Various Sciences''
(1938) * ''The Origin of the Kiss and Other Scientific Diversions'' (1942) * ''An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Science and War'' (1943)

References

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