Harry Geoffrey Beasley

Harry Geoffrey Beasley (18 December 1881 – 24 February 1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums.

Beasley was born in 1881 in East Plumstead in Kent and developed an interest in ethnography at a young age.

The same year, he became a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and was an active member until 1937, serving as vice-president between 1932 and 1937.

The Beasley's collected objects from across Europe, buying from auction houses and local museums to expand the collection, which contained material from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Northwestern America.

Beasley wrote numerous articles for anthropological journals and was considered an expert in his field.