Henry Beck (flautist)
Henry Beck may refer to: * Henry Beck (politician) (born 1986), American lawyer and politician from Maine * Harry Beck (born Henry Charles Beck; 1902–1974), English technical draughtsman *Henry Charlton Beck (1902–1965), author, journalist, historian, ordained Episcopal minister and folklorist *Henry C. Beck III (born 1955), American Texas-born businessman *Harry Beck (footballer) (born Henry Alfred Beck; 1901–1979), English footballer See also *Henry Bech Henry Bech is a fictional character created by American author John Updike. Bech first appeared in assorted short stories, stories which were later compiled in the books ''Bech: A Book'' (1970), ''Bech Is Back'' (1982), and ''Bech at Bay'' (1998). ...

Henry Beck (politician)
Henry E. Murphy Beck (born June 6, 1986) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Waterville, Maine. He has served as Maine State Treasurer since 2019. Biography Beck graduated from Waterville High School and from Colby College. He served on the Waterville City Council. Maine House of Representatives Beck served in the Maine House of Representatives representing District 110 from December 2008 until December 2016. In 2011 he was appointed to serve on the Commission to Apportion Maine's Congressional Districts. He served as the Chair of Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services. Maine State Senate campaign He was term-limited in 2016, running instead for the Maine State Senate. He lost to the incumbent, Republican Scott Cyrway. He was succeeded in the House by fellow Democrat Colleen Madigan, whom Cyrway had unseated from the Senate two years before. State Treasurer A former Democratic lawmaker, Beck was elected Maine State Treasurer ...
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Harry Beck
Henry Charles Beck (4 June 190218 September 1974) was an English technical draughtsman who created the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew the diagram after being fired at the London Metro Signal Office. Although his design was initially rejected, the Publicity Office of London Transport changed their minds after Beck resubmitted an updated copy and the map was first issued a pocket edition in January 1933. It was immediately popular, and the Underground has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since. London Underground map Before Beck Prior to the Beck diagram (the underground map that he created), the various underground lines had been laid out geographically, often superimposed over the roadway of a city map. This meant the centrally located stations were shown very close together and the out-of-town stations spaced far apart. From around 1909 a new type of 'map' appeared inside the train cars; it was a non-geographic linear diagra ...
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Henry Charlton Beck
Rev. Henry Charlton Beck (May 26, 1902 – January 16, 1965)"Rev. Henry Charlton Beck, N.J. Folklore Historian, Dies" (obituary), ''The Courier-News'' (Bridgewater, New Jersey), January 18, 1965 was an author, journalist, historian, ordained Episcopal minister and folklorist. He authored six books about New Jersey history, forgotten towns, and regional folklore which were published by E.P. Dutton & Co. and later reprinted by Rutgers University Press. He chronicled vignettes and anecdotal remembrances about such quaint—and often vanished—New Jersey locales as Ong's Hat, Penny Pot, Recklesstown, Apple Pie Hill, Calico, Varmintown, Pickle's Mountain, and Owltown.''The Roads of Home: Lanes and Legends of New Jersey'' 1956, Rutgers University Press "Meaningful names like Shiloh, or Mount Hermon, or Buttermilk Pond stay much longer than those who named them and knew why," he wrote. "Thus I hope always to see, in what there is, at least a wavering shadow of what there used to be ...
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Henry C
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany ** Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name an ...
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Harry Beck (footballer)
Henry Alfred "Harry" Beck, (21 February 1901 – 1979) also known as Harold Beck, was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Barrow Barrow may refer to: Places England * Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria ** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area ** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) * Barrow, Cheshire * Barrow, Gloucestershire * Barro ..., York City and Wrexham. References * 1901 births 1979 deaths People from Walsall Wood Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall Footballers from Walsall English men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Rushall Olympic F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Darlaston Town F.C. players Cannock Town F.C. players Burton Town F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players York City F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Dudley Town F.C. players English Football League players {{ ...
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