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Harry Beck

British technical draftsman and graphic designer (1902-1974) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 72

Henry Charles Beck was an English technical draughtsman who created the first diagrammatic Tube map for the London Underground in 1931. Beck drew the diagram after being laid off by the Signalling Department of Underground Electric Railways of London.

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