Henry Beeching

English clergyman, author and poet (1859–1919)

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24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[22]
Date of birth: May 15, 1859
Date of death: February 25, 1919
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Norwich
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[11]
Occupation: Anglican priest, poet, writer, theologian, priest, university teacher^[12]
Employer: King's College London^[18]
Field of work: literature, poetry, pastoral theology^[13]^[14]^[15]
Position held: Dean of Norwich, Canon of Westminster^[16]^[17]
Educated at: City of London School, Balliol College^[19]^[20]
Award received: Doctor of Letters^[21]
Sibling: Annie Barnett^[35]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[34]
Contributed to creative work: Dictionary of National Biography^[36]
Date of burial or cremation: March 3, 1919^[37]
Described by source: The Times, BEIC Digital Library, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886, Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]
Family name: Beeching^[23]
Given name: Henry, Charles^[24]^[25]
Place of burial: Norwich Cathedral^[10]
Pseudonym: Urbanus Sylvan^[26]
Significant event: installation^[27]
Writing language: English^[38]

🏷️ Also known as

en Henry C. Beeching en Henry Charles Beeching en H. C. Beeching en Henry Beeching cs Henry Charles Beeching cs Urbanus Sylvan id Henry Charles Beeching ru Чарльз Бичинг

🔖 Identifiers · 47

ISNI: 0000000108773719
VIAF cluster ID: 20461323
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82151538
GND ID: 117581976
American Academy in Rome ID: 12421994
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID: beeching-henry-charles-1859-1919-dean-of-norwich-writer
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID: 9626
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741696901120
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 117581976
FAST ID: 101854
FamilySearch person ID: L2CR-4DN
Freebase ID: /m/03f17n

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Goodreads author ID: 3283045
Hymnary author ID: Beeching_HC1
IdRef ID: 059821418
J9U entity ID: 987007274457805171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 117581976
Libraries Australia ID: 35016481
LibriVox author ID: 780
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA06725753
NL CR AUT ID: mub2018995193
NLA Trove people ID: 791429
NUKAT ID: n99707183
National Library of Greece ID: 108692
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810557023605606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1585742
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp124082
National Virtual Library of India ID: 746k (488k–748k, n=4)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070659923
Online Books Page author ID: Beeching, H. C. (Henry Charles), 1859-1919
Open Library ID: OL1814409A, OL5221778A, OL6048583A
OpenMLOL author ID: 135770, 172437
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 30671
PUG authority ID: 107133
Parsifal cluster ID: 856710
Poets.org poet ID: henry-charles-beeching
Prabook ID: 732167
Project Gutenberg author ID: 24881
RERO ID (legacy): A002983916
Royal Academy ID: henry-charles-beeching
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 191598
SNAC ARK ID: w6v71b0h
UK National Archives ID: F68560
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV11336916
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/230536
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqBrHF6wRXBtMY6JDt7pP
Yale LUX ID: person/7e4d6534-4cf0-4129-9432-bd9766160efd

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Occupation 6

writer, poet, priest, theologian, university teacher, Anglican priest

Described by source 3

The Times, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, BEIC Digital Library

Field of work 3

literature, poetry, pastoral theology

Educated at 2

Balliol College, City of London School

Given name 2

Charles, Henry

Award received 1

Doctor of Letters

Contributed to creative work 1

Dictionary of National Biography

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Employer 1

King's College London

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

London

Place of burial 1

Norwich Cathedral

Place of death 1

Norwich

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Henry Beeching was born on May 15, 1859^[1], in London^[2]. He died on February 25, 1919^[3], in Norwich^[4]. He worked as an Anglican priest^[5], poet^[6], writer^[7], theologian^[8], and priest^[9].

FAQs

Where was Henry Beeching born?

Henry Beeching was born in London^[2].

Where did Henry Beeching die?

Henry Beeching passed away in Norwich^[4].

What did Henry Beeching do for work?

Henry Beeching worked as an Anglican priest^[5], poet^[6], writer^[7], theologian^[8], and priest^[9].

Where did Henry Beeching go to school?

Henry Beeching was educated at City of London School^[19] and Balliol College^[20].

What awards did Henry Beeching receive?

Honors received include Doctor of Letters^[21].

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[2] ↑ Henry Beeching — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Henry Beeching — place of death (P20): Norwich. Funeral of the Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Henry Beeching — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Henry Beeching — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Henry Beeching — position held (P39): Dean of Norwich. Funeral of the Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Henry Beeching — position held (P39): Canon of Westminster. Installation of Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Henry Beeching — educated at (P69): City of London School. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Henry Beeching — educated at (P69): Balliol College. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Henry Beeching — field of work (P101): literature. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Henry Beeching — field of work (P101): poetry. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Henry Beeching — field of work (P101): pastoral theology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Henry Beeching — occupation (P106): Anglican priest. Funeral of the Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Henry Beeching — occupation (P106): poet. poets.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Henry Beeching — occupation (P106): writer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Henry Beeching — occupation (P106): theologian. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Henry Beeching — occupation (P106): priest. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Henry Beeching — occupation (P106): university teacher. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Henry Beeching — employer (P108): King's College London. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Henry Beeching — place of burial (P119): Norwich Cathedral. Funeral of the Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Henry Beeching — award received (P166): Doctor of Letters. New Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Henry Beeching — date of birth (P569): May 15, 1859. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Henry Beeching — date of death (P570): February 25, 1919. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Henry Beeching — family name (P734): Beeching. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Henry Beeching — given name (P735): Henry. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Henry Beeching — given name (P735): Charles. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Henry Beeching — pseudonym (P742): Urbanus Sylvan. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Henry Beeching — significant event (P793): installation. Installation of Dean of Norwich. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Henry Beeching — described by source (P1343): The Times. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Henry Beeching — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Henry Beeching — described by source (P1343): Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Henry Beeching — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement. Beeching, Henry Charles. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Henry Beeching — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Henry Beeching — described by source (P1343): 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Henry Beeching — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-03-01. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Henry Beeching — sibling (P3373): Annie Barnett. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Henry Beeching — contributed to creative work (P3919): Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Henry Beeching — date of burial or cremation (P4602): March 3, 1919. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Henry Beeching — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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