William Beal (9 September 1815, Sheffield – 20 April 1870, Aigle, Switzerland) was an English religious writer.
The Reverend Dr. William Beal, FSA, was born 9 September 1815 in Sheffield.
He was curate of Stamford Spiney in Devon between 1841 and 1842; and of Bray, Dublin, from 1843 to 1847.
At Norwich he was vice-president of the People's College, Diocesan Inspector of Schools from 1855 to 1870 and corresponding member of the Working Men's Congregational Union.
He married Mary Ann Smith, sister of William Henry Smith of the stationery company W.H.Smith, who was also a cabinet minister in Disraeli's Government in 1877.