Frederick Converse Beach

Frederick Converse Beach
Born(1848-03-27)March 27, 1848
DiedJune 8, 1918(1918-06-08) (aged 70)
EducationYale University
ChildrenStanley Yale Beach
ParentAlfred Ely Beach
RelativesMoses Yale Beach, grandfather
Moses S. Beach, uncle
William Yale Beach, uncle
Brewster Yale Beach, cousin
FamilyYale

Frederick Converse Beach (March 27, 1848 – June 8, 1918), was a New York patent attorney, editor and co-owner of Scientific American, and editor-in-chief of the new Encyclopedia Americana in the early 1900s.[1] He became President of the oldest operating yacht club in Connecticut.[2] He was also the father of Stanley Yale Beach, an aviation pioneer and early financier of Gustav Whitehead.

  1. ^ Beach, Stanley, Archives at Yale, Stanley Yale Beach papers, Number: GEN MSS 802, 1911-1948
  2. ^ "Frederick C. Beach Dies in his 71st Year. Editor in Chief of Encyclopaedia Americana and Inventor of a photolithographic process". The New York Times. June 9, 1918.