Andrew
Andrew names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Andrew A (BRAM) PIATT
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
A (BRAM) PIATT, JR., an American publicist, born in Laporte, Ind., in 1873, and graduated from Princeton University in 1885. He took post-graduate courses in several universities in Europe and became assistant professor of economics at Harvard University in 1900. From 1908 to 1911 he was expert assistant and editor of the publications of the National Monetary Commission, and from 1909 to 1910 was director director of the United States Mint. From 1910 to 1912 he was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and during the same period served as treasurer of the American Red Cross. He acted as inspector-general in the American Field Service in France and organized the American Volunteer Ambulance and Transport Service. For his services he was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Government and received other honors. He wrote much on financial and commercial subjects and published "Banking System and Currency Reform" (1910); "Purpose and Origin of the Proposed Banking Legislation" (1911), etc.
Andrew King of Naples
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
King of Naples, son of Charobert, King of Hungary, was assassinated with the connivance of his queen in 1345. ANDREW I., King of Hungary, in 1046-1049; compelled his subjects to embrace Christianity; he was killed in battle in 1058. ANDREW II., King of Hungary, 1205- 1235. He was in the crusades, and displayed great valor in battle; he attempted to ameliorate the condition of his subjects, and died in 1235. ANDREW III., King of Hungary 1290-1301. He was opposed in his claims to the throne, and involved in a civil war during his reign; he died in 1301.
Andrew the first disciple
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the first disciple, and one of the apostles of Jesus. His career after the Master's death is unknown. The anniversary of St. Andrew falls on Nov. 30. About 740, St. Andrew became the patron saint of Scotland and he is held in veneration in Russia, as the apostle who, according to tradition, first preached the Gospel in that country.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught A. Piatt Andrew in mid-career in 1921 (its "graduated from Princeton University in 1885" must be a slip for 1893, since it also gives his birth as 1873); he lived until 1936, and is now remembered chiefly for the 1910 Jekyll Island meeting with Senator Aldrich and the banking plan that fed into the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and for the American Field Service, which survives today as an international student-exchange organization. The Hungarian kings still stand as dated, though Andrew I is now generally given as dying in 1060 rather than 1058, and Andrew II's reign is remembered above all for something Collier's omits entirely: the Golden Bull of 1222, the charter of noble liberties often set beside Magna Carta. Andrew III is now routinely described as the last of the Árpád dynasty, whose death in 1301 opened the succession crisis that brought in Charles I (Charobert), father of the murdered Andrew of Naples. For the apostle, the two visible changes are ceremonial: Pope Paul VI returned the relic of Andrew's head from Rome to Patras in 1964, and St Andrew's Day, 30 November, became an official Scottish bank holiday under legislation passed in 2007.
Written for this edition, 2026.