Esmond Samuel de Beer (15 September 1895 – 3 October 1990) was a New Zealand scholar, editor, collector, bibliophile and philanthropist.
After serving on India's Northwest Frontier during the First World War, he returned home to gain an MA at the University of London in 1923.
[6] In a paper presented to the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, Donald Kerr provided an overview of the scope of de Beer's book collecting.
De Beer was instrumental in helping the Otago Museum's quest to acquire much of the art collected by his aunt Agnes Barden.
[1] The Dunedin Public Library was gifted with over 100 rare books, including many first editions of the works of Sir Walter Scott.