The village is referenced in Adrian Mole & the Weapons of Mass Destruction as the home of the Flowers family.
All three men were landowners in the eastern midlands, with Oskytel owning lands at Beeby, in Leicestershire.
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Beeby was born in Meanwood, Leeds, Yorkshire, and emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1906.
In the summer of 1988, architects Mario Botta, Thomas Beeby and Frank Gehry were announced as finalists in a competition to design the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's new structure in Downtown.
Chairman Emeritus of Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge Architects (HBRA), Beeby spent over 40 years as the firm’s Director of Design, leading projects such as the James Baker Institute at Rice University, Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, the Bass Library at Yale University, and the United States Federal Building and Courthouse in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.