About Thomas Alcock Beck
Lived 1795 – 1846 (aged 50). Thomas Alcock Beck was a British historian.
Thomas Alcock Beck (1795–1846) was an English author known for writing Annales Furnesienses, a history of Furness Abbey, which was dedicated by permission to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and which contained twenty-six steel engravings and several woodcuts. Besides other antiquarian interests, he also edited Dr. William Close's unfinished work An Itinerary of Furness.
Marriage
On 25 April 1838 he married Elizabeth Fell of Hawkshead (formerly of Ulverston), having obtained a special license to allow the ceremony to take place within his own home.
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Who was Thomas Alcock Beck?
British historian (1795-1846)
When was Thomas Alcock Beck born?
Thomas Alcock Beck was born on 31 May 1795 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
When did Thomas Alcock Beck die?
Thomas Alcock Beck died on 26 April 1846 in Hawkshead.
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Thomas Alcock Beck was a historian.
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Thomas Alcock Beck was British.
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