Harry Beck
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Harry Beck
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Henry Charles Beck was an English technical draughtsman who created the first diagrammatic London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew the diagram after being laid off by the Signalling Department of Underground Electric Railways of London. Although his design was initially rejected, the Publicity Office of London Transport changed their minds after Beck resubmitted an updated copy and the map was first issued as a pocket edition in January 1933. It was immediately popular, and the Undergroun
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British technical draftsman and graphic designer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck
date created:
2004-01-16T23:10:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:54:41Z
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