Beech (disambiguation)

Beech (disambiguation)

Beech may refer to:

Plants

* American Beech, a tree native to North America
* Beech, the Northern Hemisphere genus of "Fagus"
* "Nothofagus", the genus of Southern Beeches

Places

;United Kingdom
* Beech, Hampshire, a village in England
* Beechwood, Newport, a suburb of Newport in Wales

;United States
* Beech River in Tennessee
* Beech River (New Hampshire)
* Beechwood (mansion), the summer mansion of the Astor family in Newport, Rhode Island

;Poland
* Buk (Polish for "beech"), a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship

People

* Walter Herschel Beech, an American pioneer aviator.
* Olive Ann Beech, U.S. aviation pioneer and businesswoman, wife of Walter Beech.

Miscellanea

* Beech Aircraft Corporation, an aircraft manufacturer founded by Walter and Olive Beech, later sold to the Raytheon Company and now owned by the Hawker Beechcraft Corporation.


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