BEARD, Daniel Carter, American artist and author: b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 21 June 1850. He received his academic education at Coving ton, Ky., and went to New York in 1878. He studied at the Art Students' League, New York, 1880-84; and made illustrations for Harpers', Century, Scribner's, Life, books (of which the most notable is Mark Twain's 'Connecticut Yankee)), etc. He was originator and in structor of the pioneer class in illustration and teacher of animal drawing in the Woman's School of Applied Design, 1893-1900, believed to be the first organized class in animal drawing in the world. He was editor of Recreation, 1905-06; became a member of the Flushing board of education and of the Queens Borough library board; vice-president of the Mark Twain Library, of Redding, Conn.; member of several zoological societies; president of the Society of Illustrators; president of the Camp Fire Club of America; national scout commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. An enthusiast in out door life he was the originator and founder of the first boy scout society, from which the English scouts and others were modeled, and be came chief scout of the department of wood craft, Culver (Ind.) Military Academy. Mount
Beard, the peak adjoining Mount McKinley, discovered by the Browne and Parker expedi tion, was named after him. He also founded the Dan Beard Outdoor Scout School, with headquarters at Flushing, L. I. Besides his illustrative work he has published 'Ameri can Boys' Handy Book' (1882) • 'Moonlight and Six Feet of Romance' (1896) • 'Outdoor Handy Book) (1900) ; 'Jack of All Trades> (1900) ; 'Field and Forest Handy Book' (1906) ; 'New Ideas for Out of Doors' (1906); 'Dan Beard's Animal Book' (1907); 'Boy Pioneers and Sons of Daniel Boone' (1909); The Buckskin Book and Buckskin Calendar' (1911); 'Boat Building and Boating' (1911); 'Shelters, Shacks and Shanties' (1914); 'Handicraft and Recreation for Girls' ; 'What a Girl Can Make and 'The American Girls' Handy Book); 'Things Worth Doing and How to Do Them.)