William Beynon

William Beynon
Gusgai'in
William Beynon in 1915
Born1888
Died1958
Occupation(s)Ethnographer, translator, linguist, oral historian
Known forAnthropological studies of Tsimshian people
RelativesArthur Wellington Clah (grandfather)

William Beynon (1888–1958), also known as Gusgai'in or Gusgain, was a Canadian hereditary chief of the Tsimshian Nation and an oral historian. He served as an ethnographer, translator, and linguistic consultant to many anthropologists who studied his people.

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