Bergh
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Bergh. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
berg, Henry (1823-1888), an American philanthropist. He was born in New York City. Mr. Bergh was educated at Columbia College. He was for three years secretary of the American legation and United States consul at St. Petersburg. On his return to New York he took up work in that city, corresponding to that of Mr. Angell in Boston. In 1865 he organized the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was president of this society up to the time of his death. The laws of New York gave the society and its agents authority to arrest and prosecute teamsters and others guilty of cruelty to horses, cows, dogs, or other faithful animals. No less than thirty-six states and territories adopted statutes imitating those of New York. Mr. Bergh was an author of some repute. His greatest success was a volume of tales entitled The Streets of New York. See Angell ; George T Bering (be'ring) Strait, the narrow sea that separates Siberia from Alaska It is not to exceed 200 feet in depth, and is only thirty-six miles wide at the narrowest point. It is quite possible that in time railway trains may be ferried over, or that a tunnel under Bering Strait may some day connect Asia and North America . Fogs and cold weather prevail. From November to May, the strait is icebound. Whales are seen in the strait and walruses dig clams in its shallows. The strait was discovered in 1728 by Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator in the service of Russia. He also explored the coast of North America, and the sea which bears his name. See Alaska ; Seal 2026 Editor's Note: Bergh's animal society had an extraordinary side effect. In 1874 he was asked to help a savagely beaten child, Mary Ellen Wilson , at a time when no agency existed to protect children. He took the case, and the outcry led directly to the founding of the first society for the prevention of cruelty to children — child protection growing, remarkably, out of animal welfare. (Ed: BR 2026-07-19)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY, an American humanitarian, born in 1820, in New York City. He was educated at Columbia University and for a time served in the diplomatic service as Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg. He resigned from the service on account of ill health. He became interested in the treatment of domestic animals and succeeded in 1866, in the face of great opposition, in in- Society for corporating the American can the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He continued to agitate for the passage animals and by 1886 of laws to protect ect such laws had been adopted in 39 States of the Union and in other countries. He many plays and a volume of tales and sketches. He died in 1888.