William Beck was a British Quaker architect, based in London On

Wyatt George Gibson Wyatt George Gibson (28 July 1790 – 1862) was a British banker. Early life He was born on 28 July 1790, the son of Atkinson Francis Gibson and Elizabeth Wyatt. Career He ran the Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, which in 1906 became part o ...

's death in 1862, he left £5,000 to build a hospital in Saffron Walden. It was built on London Road and the architect was Beck, and it opened in September 1866. His son

George Stacey Gibson George Stacey Gibson FLS (20 July 1818 – 11 April 1883), was a British banker, botanist and philanthropist. Early life George Stacey Gibson was born in Saffron Walden, Essex on 20 July 1818, the only child of Wyatt George Gibson (1790–1862) ...

was elected treasurer. Saffron Walden General Hospital closed in 1988 and was converted into offices for

Uttlesford District Council Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in the market town of Saffron Walden. At the 2011 Census, the population of the district was 79,443. Other notable settlements include Great Dunmow, Elmdon, Stebb ...

. Beck designed the Metropolitan Association estate in

Mile End New Town Mile End New Town is a former hamlet and then civil parish in the East End of London. Its former area is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. History Following a period of rapid growth it became a hamlet within the large ancient p ...

. In 1865, the Bedford Institute (rebuilt in 1894 to the designs of Rutland Saunders), Quaker Street, London, a school designed by Beck was opened.

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