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Known for. Tube map. Parent (s) Joshua and Eleanor Louisa Beck. Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974) was an English technical draughtsman who created the first diagrammatic London Underground Tube map in 1931. [1] Beck drew the diagram after being laid off by the Signalling Department of Underground Electric Railways of London.
Originally considered too radical, Harry Beck's London Underground Tube map has become a design classic. Now recognised across the world, the Tube map was originally the brainchild of Underground electrical draughtsman, Harry Beck, who produced this imaginative and beautifully simple design back in 1933. Rather than emphasising distance and ...
Sep 19, 2024 · London Tube map creator's story told in new play. A play exploring the life of London Tube map creator Harry Beck has opened on the 50th anniversary of his death. First created in 1931, the map ...
Jun 5, 2024 · Among the most famous elements of London’s public transport heritage is the colour coded and clear diagrammatic map of the London Underground network. The man behind this style of map was Harry Beck, a draughtsman for the Underground, who came up with a new approach in his spare time in the early 1930s. While the map has continued to evolve ...
Mar 29, 2013 · Born in 1902, Beck was an English engineering draftsman who sparked a small revolution in the early 1930s when he created a radical new map of the London Underground. His linear, color-coded ...
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The Truth About Harry Beck. A new play “packed with love, loss, wit, triumph and tragedy” (North West End) based on the man behind the iconic Tube map! Find out more about the creative mind behind the map and how it came to life. For many of us, the London Underground is purely functional. But to Harry Beck, this web of geography became an ...
Beck's revolutionary design, with certain modifications and additions, survives to the present day and is set to serve London Underground and its millions of customers for many years to come. To find out more more about Harry Beck and his world famous map please visit the London Transport Museum. View up-to-date maps for London Underground today.
