Bigelow
Bigelow names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Bigelow JOHN, an American author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, an American author, born in Malden, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1817; graduated at Union College, in 1835, and became first a lawyer and afterward a journalist. In 1845-1846 he was inspector of Sing Sing prison; of the in 1849-1861 one of the editors New York "Evening Post"; in 1861-1864, United States Consul-General at Paris; JOHN BIGELOW and in 1864-1867, Minister to France. He was Secretary of State of New York in 1875-1877. In his will Samuel J. Tilden appointed him his biographer and one of the three trustees of the bulk of his estate, set apart for the establishment of a public library in New York City. Mr. Bigelow was elected President of the consolidated Board of Trustees of the library and appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee. His works include "Molinos the Quietist," "France and the Confederate Navy," "Life of William Cullen Bryant," "Life of Samuel J. Tilden," "Some Recollectons of Edouard Laboulaye," "A Life of Franklin." In 1885 he published "The Writings and Speeches of Samuel J. Tilden," and in 1888 "The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin," "Retrospection of an Active Life" (1909). He died in 1911.
Bigelow POULTNEY, an American author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
POULTNEY, an American author, born in New New York, York Sept. 10, 1855; son of John Bigelow; graduated at Yale University and at the Columbia Law School in 1882, and was admitted to the bar. In 1875-1876 he took a journey around the world in a sailing ship, which was wrecked on the coast of Japan. He traveled in China, Africa, the West Indies, and Demerara. He has made canoe voyages on the principal waters of Europe, and was the first person to take a canoe through the Iron Gates of the Danube. Emperor William II. was his personal friend since they were students together in Germany. In the World War Mr. Bigelow denounced in print the Emperor's part in bringing on the conflict. He wrote "The German Emperor and His Eastern Neighbors," "Paddles and Politics Down the Danube," "History of the German Struggle for Liberty," "White Man's Africa." Completed his fourth journey round the world in 1906. In 1915 he published "Prussian Memories."
Bigelow JOHN, JR., an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, JR., an American military officer, born in New York, May 12, 1854; son of the preceding; was educated in Paris, Bonn, Berlin, Freiburg, and Providence, R. I.; R. I.; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1877; and was assigned to the 10th United States Cavalry. In 1887-1889 was adjutant-general of the militia in the District of Columbia; and in 1894- 1898, Professor of Military Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- During the war with Spain he ogy. was wounded in the attack on San Juan, , 1, 1898. He published "Prin- Cuba July ciples of Strategy"; "Campaigns of Chancellorville" (1910). Retired from the service in 1904. Professor of French, Technology Massachusetts School of (1904-1910). On staff of Governor of Massachusetts (1906-1910). His later include "American Policy" publications (1914), and "World Peace" (1915).
Bigelow ERASTUS BRIGHAM, an American inventor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ERASTUS BRIGHAM, an American inventor, born in Boylston, Mass., April 2, 1814; became a leading manufacturer in Clinton, Mass.; invented looms for suspender weaving, for counterpanes, for coach lace and for carpets; and pu published a text book on shorthand writing, "The Tariff Question" (1862), and other works. He died in Boston, Dec. 6, 1879.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the four men Collier's gathered here in 1921, only Poultney Bigelow was still living, and he had a long way to run: he died in 1954, having outlived his old student friend Kaiser Wilhelm II by more than a decade. His father John's great project came to fruition just before his death in 1911, when the New York Public Library's marble building on Fifth Avenue opened to readers; it has carried the name of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building since 2008, and John Bigelow's edition of Franklin's writings, based on the manuscript autobiography he rescued in Paris, is still cited. John Bigelow Jr., a captain of the black 10th Cavalry "buffalo soldiers," retired as noted and died in 1936; his Cuban campaign diary and his role commanding black troops now draw more attention than his "Principles of Strategy." Erastus Brigham Bigelow's power carpet looms outlived him longest of all: his Clinton mills became Bigelow-Sanford after a 1929 merger, and Bigelow survives as a flooring brand name.
Written for this edition, 2026.