Beeching

Beeching

Beeching is an English surname.

People called Beeching include:-

* Henry Charles Beeching (1859-1919) English clergyman, author and poet
* Jack Beeching (John Charles Stuart Beeching) (1922-2001), English poet
* Richard Beeching (1913-1985), English chairman of British Railways
* Vicky Beeching (1979) English musician


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  • Beeching — Dr. Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (* 21. April 1913 in Maidstone; † 23. März 1985) war ein britischer Physiker und Ingenieur, der vor allem durch seine Tätigkeit als Vorsitzender der Aufsichtsbehörde der Staatsbahn British Railways bekannt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Beeching — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century element bece , Middle English beche , which has a dual meaning of stream , or beech tree ; plus the suffix ing , which when attached to a… …   Surnames reference

  • Beeching — /ˈbitʃɪŋ/ (say beeching) noun Richard, Baron, 1913–85, British industrialist …  

  • Beeching-Axt — (auch Beeching Fallbeil oder Beeching Bombe; eng.: Beeching Axe oder Beeching bombshell) ist der informelle Name eines Projekts der britischen Regierung aus den 1960er Jahren, dessen Ziel es war, die Kosten und den Umfang des staatlichen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Beeching Axe — Im Rahmen der Beeching Axt wurden viele Bahnlinien geschlossen. Beeching Axt (auch Beeching Fallbeil oder Beeching Bombe; eng.: Beeching Axe oder Beeching bombshell) ist der informelle Name eines Projekts der britischen Regierung aus den 1960er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Beeching Axe — The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Government s attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of… …   Wikipedia

  • BEECHING — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles —    D.Litt. (b. 1859)    Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private Diary (1898), various vols. of sermons, etc., including Seven Sermons to Schoolboys (1894), The Grace of Episcopacy (1906); has ed. A Paradise… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Beeching, Henry Charles — (1859 1919)    He was born in London to a family of ship owners and bankers from Bexhill, Sussex. Graduating from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1883, he was ordained into the Anglican Church. He held various church positions: curate of St. Matthew… …   British and Irish poets

  • Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching — Richard Beeching Born 21 April 1913(1913 04 21) Sheerness, Kent, England Died 23 March 1985(1985 03 23) (aged 71) Queen Victoria Ho …   Wikipedia

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