Frederick William Beechey

(1796-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856 NRA: Beechey, Frederick William (1796-1856) Rear Admiral Geographer DNB: Beechey, Frederick William (1796-1856), naval officer and hydrographer LBT ID: FrBeech1856 VIAF ID: 76618686 LOC ID: n50008137	B/BAP: 1796-02-17 DIED: 1856-11-29
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Son of the portrait painter Sir William Beechey; he was a naval officer and hydrographer who published Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Berings Strait to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 1825-1828 (1831).
REFERENCES TO Frederick William Beechey: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 8: Bernard Barton Found 1: ¶ 13 Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 8 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 10 Found 1: ¶ 70