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William Martin Beauchamp (March 25, 1830 – 1925) was an American ethnologist and
Aboriginal Occupation of New York
' (1900). His other works are: *''The Iroquois Trail'
(1892)
*
Indian Names in New York
' (1893) *''Shells of Onondaga County'
(1896)
*''History of the New York Iroquois, now Commonly Called the Six Nations'
(1905)
*
Aboriginal Use of Wood in New York
' (1905) *
Aboriginal Place Names of New York
' (1907) *''Past and Present of
(1908)
*
Iroquois Folk Lore, Gathered From the Six Nations of New York
' (1922)
"William Martin Beauchamp"
Minnesota State University-Mankato eMuseum
Portrait
by John Dodgson Barrow {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamp, William Martin 1830 births 1925 deaths 19th-century American Episcopal priests 19th-century American writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American Episcopal priests People from Montgomery, New York People from Baldwinsville, New York American archaeologists American ethnologists Historians from New York (state)
William Martin Beauchamp (March 25, 1830 – 1925) was an American ethnologist and Episcopal
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clergyman. He published several works on the archeology
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and ethnology of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) in New York.
Early life and education
Beauchamp was born in Coldenham, Orange County,New York
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. He received his education at Skaneateles Academy until 1845. He graduated from the DeLancey Divinity School, and received a degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D. Sacrae Theologiae Doctor) in 1886 from Hobart College Hobart College may refer to:
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. He married Sarah Carter of Ravenna, Ohio in November 1857 and resided in Syracuse, New York
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. His sister, Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp, was an educator and author.
Career
From 1865 to 1900, Beauchamp wasrector
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of Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville, N. Y. From 1884 to 1912 he was examining chaplain for the diocese of New York and from 1884-1910 he was archaeologist of New York State Museum.The International Who's Who Pub. Co., 1911. p. 103. In 1894 Beauchamp was the first to seriously question the authenticity of the Pompey stone and prove that it was carved as a hoax.
In addition, he made valuable archæological contributions from his independent research, particularly concerning the Iroquois Indians. In 1889 the Bureau of American Ethnology
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commissioned him to survey the Iroquois territory in New York and Canada, and to prepare a map indicating the location of all the known Indian sites in that region. An enlargement of this map was published in Beauchamp's Aboriginal Occupation of New York
' (1900). His other works are: *''The Iroquois Trail'
(1892)
*
Indian Names in New York
' (1893) *''Shells of Onondaga County'
(1896)
*''History of the New York Iroquois, now Commonly Called the Six Nations'
(1905)
*
Aboriginal Use of Wood in New York
' (1905) *
Aboriginal Place Names of New York
' (1907) *''Past and Present of
Syracuse
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and Onondaga County'(1908)
*
Iroquois Folk Lore, Gathered From the Six Nations of New York
' (1922)
Member of organizations
*American Folklore Society
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* Onondaga Historical Association (1909-1910)
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References
*External links
*"William Martin Beauchamp"
Minnesota State University-Mankato eMuseum
Portrait
by John Dodgson Barrow {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamp, William Martin 1830 births 1925 deaths 19th-century American Episcopal priests 19th-century American writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American Episcopal priests People from Montgomery, New York People from Baldwinsville, New York American archaeologists American ethnologists Historians from New York (state)