Borden
Borden names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Borden SIR ROBERT LAIRD, Canadian Premier
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR ROBERT LAIRD, Canadian Premier; born in Grand Pré, June 26, 1854. He was educated at Acacia Villa Academy, Horton, chose the law as a profession and was called to the bar in 1878, becoming Queen's Counsellor in 1891. His practice in the Supreme Court of Canada has been extensive and successful. He early entered politics, and as a member of the Canadian Parliament took part in many debates between 1896 and 1900. Upon the resignation of Sir Charles Tupper in February, 1901, he was chosen leader of the Conservative party in the House of Commons. He was made Premier of Canada in 1911. During the World War, he was active in the dispatch of troops and supplies abroad, and did much to promote the triumph of the Allied cause. He attended the meeting of the British Cabinet in 1915, being the first Dominion representative that ever received such a summons. He was the representative of his country at the Imperial War Conference in 1918 and a delegate to the Peace Conference. He is a forceful speaker and an able party head. He retired in 1920 and was succeeded as Premier by W. Meighen, former Secretary of Interior.
Borden GAIL, an American inventor of food products
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GAIL, an American inventor of food products, born in Norwich, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1801. After attaining prominence in public affairs in the South and West, he turned his attention to food products. Meat biscuit and pemmican were invented by him. Later he perfected a system of condensing milk. He died in Borden, Tex., Jan. 11, 1874.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote in 1921 Sir Robert Borden had just retired, and the entry could only guess at his standing; he lived until June 10, 1937, and is now remembered chiefly for insisting that Canada sign the Treaty of Versailles in its own right and hold its own League of Nations seat, a step toward the full autonomy confirmed by the Statute of Westminster in 1931. His face has appeared on the Canadian hundred-dollar bill since 1975. (The successor named as "W. Meighen" was Arthur Meighen, who had been Minister of the Interior.) Gail Borden's condensing process outgrew him completely: his firm became the Borden Company, one of the largest dairy businesses in America, with the cartoon mascot Elsie the Cow from the late 1930s, before being broken up in the 1990s and the dairy business filing for bankruptcy in 2020.
Written for this edition, 2026.