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Beeching, Richard, 1913-1985

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Personal name headingBeeching, Richard, 1913-1985
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Variant(s)Beeching, Richard, Baron Beeching, 1913-1985
Beeching, Baron, 1913-1985
Beeching, R. (Richard), 1913-1985
Associated placeLondon, England
Birth date19130421
Death date19850323
Field of activityPhysics Railroads and state
AffiliationImperial College of Science and Technology British Railways Board
Profession or occupationPhysicists Businesspeople
Found inLoft, Charles. Government, the railways, and the modernization of Britain, 2007: CIP t.p. (Beeching's) galley (Dr. Richard Beeching)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online 2006-01-19: (Beeching, Richard, Baron Beeching, 1913-1985; businessman; b. April 21, 1913; d. March 23, 1985; Ph.D., physics (dissertation on electrons), 1937, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London; various private and public professional experience; became a national figure as chairman of the British Railways board)
LC database, 2006-01-19: (hdg.: Beeching, Richard, Baron Beeching, 1913- )
Electron diffraction, 1946: t.p. (R. Beeching)
Associated languageeng