Charles Bernard Beard was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1937 to 1943. [1]
He was born on 7 December 1870, [2] educated at the University of Glasgow;and ordained deacon in 1895, and priest in 1896. [3] After curacies in Dundee and Glasgow he was Rector of Peterhead from 1902 until [4] 1905; and of Helensburgh from 1905 until his death on 11 February 1943. [5]
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Preceded by Colin Campbell im Thurn | Dean of Glasgow and Galloway 1937–1943 | Succeeded by Philip Charles Lempriere |
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