Theodore Beck

Theodore Beck (1859 – 2 September 1899, Simla^[1]) was a British educationalist working for the British Raj in India, who was invited by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan to serve as the first principal of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh, which would later evolve into the Aligarh Muslim University.

Beck was educated at the University of London and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] He gained his B.A. in 1883, and was appointed Principal of MAO that year, aged only 24.^[1]

He was the principal of M.A.O College,aligarh from 1883-1889 A.D He was one of the secretaries of the Mohammedan Defence Association. He was also opposed to join the Congress

References

^ ^a ^b Buckland, C. E., Dictionary of Indian biography, 1906
^ Beck, Theodore in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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Name	Beck, Theodore
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Date of birth	1859
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Date of death	2 September 1899
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