Frederick Converse Beach (March 27, 1848 – June 8, 1918), son of

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, was editor of the

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'' and of the new ''

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'' in the early 1900s, and an inventor of a

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process.

Biography

He was born on March 27, 1848, in

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. He graduated from Yale's

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in 1868. In 1896 he became a director of the ''

''. In 1889 he was the editor of ''

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''. From 1902 he was

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of the ''

''. He died on June 8, 1918, at his home in

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References

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