Gideon Beech

Gideon Beech, also called Giddy, was a famed English playwright, (PROSE: Peculiar Lives) who wrote "a number of scandalous plays" as well a popular comedy, The Man for Wisdom. Gideon was also the Treasurer of the Scientific Society. (PROSE: The Vanishing Man)

Biography
In 1896, Sherlock Holmes met Gideon while he worked as Treasurer for the Scientific Society, when Sir Newnham Speight invited him to investigate a psychic who disappeared for a reward of £10000. (PROSE: The Vanishing Man)

Gideon received the Nobel Prize for Literature at nearly the age of 70, and he continued writing well into his nineties.

Beech wrote several plays that corrected William Shakespeare's historical errors. While critics regarded Beech as second only to Shakespeare, Beech regarded himself as far superior.

Beech followed his own religion centred around the Will of Life. Because of this, he believed the supernormals created by the Hampdenshire Programme were destined to replace humanity.

He and Erik Clevedon briefly corresponded. (PROSE: Peculiar Lives)

Appearance
At the age of 93, Beech had bright eyes, a lined forehead, and a square wiry beard. He carried a walking stick but rarely used it. (PROSE: Peculiar Lives)