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Frederick Converse Beach

1848-03-27 – 1918-06-08

Portrait of Frederick Converse Beach
Portrait of Frederick Converse Beach from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume XVII, 1920, pages 326–327Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Frederick Converse Beach (March 27, 1848 – June 8, 1918), was a New York patent attorney, editor and co-owner of Scientific American, and editor-in-chief of the new Encyclopedia Americana in the early 1900s. He became President of the oldest operating yacht club in Connecticut. He was also the father of Stanley Yale Beach, an aviation pioneer and early financier of Gustav Whitehead.

Occupation & Career

journalist, inventor

Education

Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Education & Institutions

Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Family & Relationships

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q5497568 — wikidata View source

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