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Beecham

American

[bee-chuhm] / ˈbi tʃəm /

noun

Sir Thomas, 1879–1961, English conductor and impresario.

Beecham British

/ ˈbiːtʃəm /

noun

Sir Thomas . 1879–1961, English conductor who did much to promote the works of Delius, Sibelius, and Richard Strauss

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An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Kevin Beecham, a deputy district attorney, said in an emailed statement that the prosecution was “very pleased that justice was served for the victims and mourn with their families over the losses they suffered.”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023

After the original company went into liquidation the brand was bought by college friends Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe, with their first store opening in 1986.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022

GSK House, as the Brentford headquarters are known, was built about 20 years ago after the merger of SmithKline Beecham and GlaxoWellcome in 2000 created GSK.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2021

“Everybody here is in the top ten percent of what they do,” Steve Beecham, a home mortgage broker, said, “or they desire to be in the top ten percent.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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