Two titans in their field, Malcom Sargent (1895) and Thomas Beecham (1879) were both born on April 29th. What profession did they practice?
Thomas Beecham of the Hallé Orchestra taking part in the action and playing pieces associated with Beecham. In 1980 the Royal Mail put Beecham's image on the 13½p postage stamp in a series portraying British conductors; the other three in the series depicted Wood, Sargent and Barbirolli. The Sir Thomas Beecham Society preserves Beecham's legacy through its website and release of historic recordings. In 2012, Beecham was voted into the inaugural "Gramophone" magazine "Hall of Fame". Beecham's published books were: The last of these was reissued in 1975 by Severn House, London, with an introduction by Felix Aprahamian and a discography by
Thomas Beecham (chemist) was William Eardley Beecham. Another great grandchild was the poet Audrey Beecham. Thomas Beecham (chemist) Thomas Beecham (3 December 1820 – 6 April 1907) was the founder of Beechams, a large pharmaceutical businesses. Born in Curbridge in Oxfordshire, Beecham became a shepherd's boy at the age of 8 and it is in this role that he learnt about herbal medicine. For a while he worked as the village postman in Kidlington but in 1847 he moved to Wigan where he started selling Beecham's Pills which were a laxative. By 1859 he was based in St Helens where he started advertising