Beevor

Beevor as a surname may refer to:

* Antony Beevor (born 1946), British historian
* Charles Edward Beevor (1854–1908), English neurologist and anatomist
* Beevor's axiom, the idea that the brain does not know muscles, only movements
* Beevor's sign, characteristic of some types of spinal cord injury
* Humphry Beevor (1903–1965), 7th Bishop of Lebombo, Mozambique
* James Rigby Beevor (1811–1849), English colonist and pastoralist of South Australia, after whom Mount Beevor is named
* John Beevor (1845-1903), English first-class cricketer
* Miles Beevor (1900–1994), English solicitor, pilot and businessman
* Beevor baronets, created in 1784 for the prominent agriculturalist Thomas Beevor

## See also

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* Belvoir (disambiguation)
* Beauvois (disambiguation)

## External links

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* "Beavor": 1. Norman locational name derived from places called Beauvoir, either in France (several), or from Belvoir in Leicestershire. 2. Derived from Old English 'beofor', meaning 'beaver'. At SurnameDB: The Internet Surname Database, Name Origin Research. Accessed 23 April 2024.

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