C. Marsh Beadnell
Charles Marsh Beadnell, CB, best known as C. Marsh Beadnell, was a British surgeon and Royal Navy officer.
Beadnell was born in Rawalpindi. He was educated at Cheltenham College and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital. He was a Fellow of the Chemical Society and of the Royal Anthropological Institute. A rationalist and sceptic, he was president of the Rationalist Press Association.
Beadnell described himself as a "devout agnostic". He died in Petersfield, Hampshire.
Selected publications
- A Picture Book of Evolution: Adapted from the Work of the Late Dennis Hird
- Fireside Science
- The Origin of the Kiss and Other Scientific Diversions
- ''An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Science and War''