Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,850 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Samuel Beazley (1786-1851)

From Graces Guide

Samuel Beazley (1786-1851) was an English architect, novelist, and playwright. He became the leading theatre architect of his time.

Born at Westminster the son of Samuel Beazley, and his wife Ann Frith)

Beazley designed the Lyceum Theatre twice. His 1816 building, then known as the English Opera House, was destroyed by fire in 1830, and Beazley provided the designs for its replacement, which opened in 1834.

1820 Responsible for the rebuilding of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

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