Aberdeen
Aberdeen names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Aberdeen the chief city and seaport in the N
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the chief city and seaport in the N. of Scotland, lies in the S. E. angle of the county the mouth and on the N. side of the river Dee, 111 miles N. of Edinburgh. William the Lion confirmed its privileges in 1179; the English burned it in 1336, but it was soon rebuilt, and called New Aberdeen. Old Aberdeen, within the same parlia mentary boundary, is a small town a aile to the N., near the mouth of the Don, and is the seat of St. Machar's Cathedral (1357-1527), now represented by the granite nave, which, as restored since 1869, is used as a parish church. Among the chief public edifices are the county buildings, the postoffice, the Market Hall, the Trades Hall, the Royal Infirmary, the lunatic asylum, the grammar school, the art gallery and art school, and Gordon's College. The chief exports are woolens, linens, cotton-yarns, paper, combs, granite (hewn and polished), gra cattle, grain, preserved provisions, and fish. Aberdeen has the largest comb and granite-polishing works in the kingdom. There are also several large paper works. Aberdeen is at the junction of three railway lines and has steamer connections with Leith, Newcastle, Hull, and London. The trade of the port, which has an excellent harbor, has steadily increased. In 1911 the net tonnage of vessels arriving was 1,041,424, and departing, 1,020,498. чepa In the same year the imports were valued at over £1,163,000, and exports at over £1,496,000. Municipal ownership has been extended to its water and gas works, its electric light plant and tramways, public baths, markets, and cemeteries. Its ratable property value in 1920 was pro more than $1,000,000. Aberdeen is represented in Parliament by two members. The population of the parliamentary burgh is estimated (1918) at 166,000.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the chief seaport of northern Scotland. It is situated near the mouth of the river Dee, and on the German Ocean, sixty odd miles northwest of Edinburgh. Population, 178,210. The city is of local importance in the shipping of cloth, both woolen and linen, cotton yarn, paper, fish, grain, and cattle. It is the fourth port of Scotland, and is noted as a center of the granite industry. Aberdeen granite takes a fine polish. An ancient seat of learning, dating from 1494, one of four Scottish universities, is located at Aberdeen. It has seventy-nine professors, divided into four faculties,--arts, divinity, law, and medicine. There are about a thousand students. An art gallery, an art school, a fine old cathedral, and sixty churches are in keeping with the reputation of the city for learning and culture. The University sends a member to Parliament. Aberdeen is also one of the ancient centers of golf playing. The golf links extend along the seashore for some distance, and are noted in the history of the game. See Golf ; Scotland
Aberdeen a city in South Dakota
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in South Dakota, the county-seat at of Brown co. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chicago and Northwestern, the Minneapolis and St. Louis, and the Great Northern railroads, and contains many No handsome public buildings, including a library, municipal building, court house, Federal building, etc. There are parks, and a fine school system, including a State Normal and an Industrial School. The city is important as a manufacturing center, especially for flour, brick, chemicals, clothing, and machinery. The town was settled in 1880. Pop. (1910) 10,753; (1920,) 14,537.
Aberdeen a city of Washington
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Washington, in Chehalis co. It is on the Chehalis river and on the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and the Oregon and Washington Railway and Navigation Co., and is connected by steamship with ports in California. The city is the center of an important lumber and agricultural region. The chief industries are logging, shingle mills, ship yards, and packing houses. Pop. (1910) 13,660; (192 (1920) 15,337.
Aberdeen UNIVERSITY formed under the Duke of Wellington
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
UNIVERSITY formed under the Duke of Wellington, and in 1843 in the Peel ministry. In 1853, Earl Aberdeen was selected to head a new ministry, which for some time was extremely popular. He endeavored to prevent the country from entering upon the conflict with Russia, but all his efforts were unvailing. Failing to receive sufficient support to carry out his measures, he resigned in 1855. Died Dec. 14, 1860.
Aberdeen UNIVERSITY OF, an institution for higher education at Aberdeen
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
UNIVERSITY OF, an institution for higher education at Aberdeen, Scotland. It includes two colleges, King's and Marischal. The university is coeducational and has about students. The chancellor in 1920 was the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the vice-chancellor and principal, Sir George Adam Smith.
Aberdeen GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, EARL OF
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, EARL OF, born in 1784. He took office as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1828, in the ministry
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 list of Aberdeen's exports — "woolens, linens, cotton-yarns, paper, combs, granite (hewn and polished)" and fish — describes a city that no longer exists: the Rubislaw quarry that supplied the granite closed in 1971, the comb and textile works are gone, and from the 1970s North Sea oil turned the port into the self-styled oil capital of Europe, with helicopters and supply vessels where trawlers once dominated. Aiton's 1910 note that "the University sends a member to Parliament" lapsed when university seats were abolished in 1950; the city itself is now split between the Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South constituencies. Population has grown only modestly, to roughly 200,000, though the old figures counted a wider parliamentary burgh. Of the American Aberdeens, the Washington city's county was renamed Grays Harbor in 1915 — Collier's was already six years out of date in calling it Chehalis co. — and both it and the South Dakota city remain small, around 17,000 and 28,000 respectively.
Written for this edition, 2026.