Henry Charles Beck (Harry Beck), invented the iconic, topological London Underground map in 1931 while working as a draughtsman for London Underground. It was a spare time project and not part of his job description.
Created in 1931 Harry Beck invented the iconic London Underground (tube) map in 1931 - not the underground railway.
It is the subway system under London.
The modern London Underground schematic map was designed by Harry Beck in 1933.
According to his wikipedia article he is best known for his creation of the London underground (subway) map.
Henry Beck (AKA Harry Beck) introduced the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. More information on Harry Beck is available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck
In Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, Dumbledore claims to have a scar above his left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.
žHarry Beck was an English engineering draftsman best known for creating the present London Underground tube Map in 1931.Beck drew up the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draftsman at the London Underground Signals Office. London Underground was initially sceptical of Beck's radical proposal it was a spare-time project, and it was introduced to the public in a small pamphlet in 1933. It immediately became popular, and the Underground has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since.
Harry Beck was a London Underground employee and electrical draftsman. He designed the iconic London Underground map in the 1930s. Beck's background as a designer was primarily in engineering and electrical drafting, which influenced his innovative and simplified approach to creating the map.
Schematic maps. The iconic example is the map of the London Underground, designed by Harry Beck in 1931.
Harry Beck in 1931. He created the style we know today. Earlier maps were made based on layovers of geographical road maps and prior to his map, they were put together by Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited so there were many people in on the originals but Harry Beck made the easy to use one we all know today.
Magic was already invented before his time. Thus, Harry Houdini did not invent magic.
harry beck invented the underground map