Charles Beyer
Locomotive engineer (1813-1876) · Scientists · Died at 63
Charles Frederick Beyer was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was the co-founder and head engineer of Beyer, Peacock and Company in Gorton, Manchester.
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Charles Beyer c.1870
Prins August The oldest working Beyer-Peacock locomotive in the world. Built Gorton Foundry 1856. Sweden
St James Church, Gorton 2015
University of Manchester formerly, The Owens College (1871-1904)
The Beyer Building, University of Manchester
Llantysilio Church 2015
Beyer's grave; Llantysilio (near Llangollen), Denbighshire. 2015About this person
A philanthropist and deeply religious, he founded three parish churches in Gorton, was a governor of The Manchester Grammar School, and remains the single biggest donor to what is today the University of Manchester. He is buried in the graveyard of Llantysilio Church, Llantysilio, Llangollen, Denbighshire North Wales. Llantysilio Church is within the grounds of his former 700 acre Llantysilio Hall estate. His mansion house, built 1872-1874, is nearby.
