William Beynon

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William Beynon
Gusgai'in
William Beynon in 1915
Born1888 (1888)
Died1958 (aged 69–70)
OccupationsEthnographer, 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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