Frederick Converse Beach

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Frederick Converse Beach
Born (1848-03-27)March 27, 1848
New York City, New York
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Stratford, Connecticut
Parent(s) Alfred Ely Beach
Relatives Moses Yale Beach, grandfather

Frederick Converse Beach (March 27, 1848 – June 18, 1918), son of Alfred Ely Beach, was editor of the magazine Scientific American and of the new Encyclopedia Americana in the early 1900s, and an inventor of a photolithographic process. [1]

Biography

He was born on March, 27 1848, in Brooklyn, New York to Alfred Ely Beach. He graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1868.

In 1896 he became a director of the Scientific American. In 1889 he was the editor of American Photography. From 1902 he was editor in chief of the Encyclopedia Americana.

He died on June 18, 1918, in Stamford, Connecticut.

References

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