Mathew Beard

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{{Infobox person

| name= Mathew Beard

| birth_date= {{birth date|1870|07|09}}

| birth_place=Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date= {{death date|1985|2|16}}
(aged {{age in years and days|1870|7|9|1985|2|16}})

| death_place=Florida, U.S.

}}

Mathew Beard (July 9, 1870 – February 16, 1985){{cite web|url=http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM|title=Table B, as of August 11, 2013|website=Grg.org|date=2013-08-11|accessdate=2016-03-11}} was an African-American supercentenarian who has been verified as the world's oldest living person between 1983 and 1985, and the oldest living man between 1980 and 1985.[https://f1000research.com/articles/6-569#SF1 Newman, Saul and Easteal, Simon. The Dynamic Upper Limit of Human Lifespan (2017). "However, the overall lifespan record was previously held for 17 consecutive years (Mary Kelly, 1964-1981). The male lifespan record was held for 68 consecutive years (Gert Adrians-Boomgaard) and then 21.9 years (Mathew Beard 1985-2007) by a margin of 3 years. None of these broken records indicated a plateau in MRAD.] In August 2013 the Gerontology Research Group included him as a verified case."