Education
Beck was educated at the University of London and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Beck was educated at the University of London and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He gained his Bachelor of Arts in 1883, and was appointed Principal of MAO that year, aged only 24. He was the principal of M.A.O College in Aligarh from 1883-1899 A.D He was one of the secretaries of the Mohammedan Defence Association. He edited Aligarh Institute Gazette.
He was preceded by Henry George Impey Siddons who was the first principal.
He was also opposed to join the Congress. The Old Boys, residing at Meerut, called a meeting on 10 September 1899 and decided to raise a fund to commemorate their Principal, Theodore Beck’s memory.
They collected a sum of Rs. 465/- on the spot. Finally the Beck Fund amounted to Rs.
6,000/- with which the hall adjacent to the Lytton Library was built, and was named as "Beck Manzil".
Theodore Beck was a distinguished graduate of the Trinity College, Cambridge and had held the office of the President of the Cambridge Union. He took charge as Principal of the MAO College at Aligarh on 1 February 1884 and remained Principal of the College for fifteen and a half year till his death on 2 September 1899 at Simla. Mr. Beck was much affected by Sir Syed’s death in 1898 and he decided to devote himself to the collection of funds for "Sir Syed Memorial".
His health began to fail.
He went to Simla to recoup and on 2 September 1899 he breathed his last. The object of the fund was to collect a sum of Rs.
Mr. Beck devoted his energies to realizing Sir Syed’s dream of the University and through his efforts Englishmen Contributed generously to the fund.
Lord Elgin, the Viceroy, contributed Rs. 2,000.
He was born to Mr.
Joseph Beck.
