Beaumont,
Francis 1584-1616; Eng. dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher
city in SE Tex., on the Neches River: pop. 114,000
Origin:
after J. Beaumont: so named by his brother-in-law, Henry Millard, who purchased land for a town site (1835)
See Beaumont in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of southeast Texas north-northeast of Houston. A ship canal links the city with the Gulf of Mexico. Population: 110,000.
English poet and playwright. He wrote his major works, including The Maid's Tragedy (1611), The Coxcomb (1612), and The Knight of Malta (1619), with John Fletcher.
American surgeon whose Physiology of Digestion (1833) revolutionized the study of gastric digestion.