[4] Theodore was educated at the University of London and Trinity College, Cambridge.,[5] where he was an active member of the 'Apostles', a student society founded by Frederick Denison Maurice.
He wrote articles, delivered speeches and visited Allahabad and elsewhere to collect funds for raising a suitable memorial and setting up Sir Syed's dream of a Muslim University.
In order to raise MAO College to the status of Muslim University, Beck aimed to collect a sum of Rs.
[6][7] After he died his younger sister Emma Josephine Beck returned to Britain where she became the secretary of the National Indian Association.
[9] Old Boys living at Meerut held a meeting on 10 September 1899 and decided to raise a fund to commemorate Beck's memory.