Bullard
Bullard names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Bullard WILLIAM HANNUM officer GRUBB
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM HANNUM officer GRUBB, an American naval , born in Media, Pa., in 1866. He gradu- Naval ated from the United States ap- Academy in 1886. In 1888 he was the pointed ensign and rose through in various grades, becoming commander 1909, and captain in 1912. He served during the Spanish-American War. From 1907 to 1911 he was at the United States Naval Academy, where he organized the department of electrical engineering. He was superintendent of the naval radio service from 1912 to 1916. During the World War he served the Ameriin the Atlantic Fleet and in can division of battleships in the Britthe ish Grand Fleet. He commanded eastern United States naval forces in the Mediterranean after the armistice, and was a member of the Inter-allied Commission to put into effect the naval armistice with Austriaterms of the of Hungary. He received the surrender the Austro-Hungarian fleet. From 1919 he was director of naval communications. He was the author of "Naval Electricians' Textbook," and many others on naval subjects. He acted as a delegate to many conferences on radio and other electrical subjects in foreign countries.
Bullard ROBERT LEE, an American army officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ROBERT LEE, an American army officer; born at Youngsboro, Ala., in 1861. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1885. He served in Cuba and the Philippines. In 1917 he was made major-general, and U.S. GEN. R. L. BULLARD t-on-the-Main, and in January, 1918, was appointed Commander of the First Division of the A. E. F. in France. He distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1918 at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne, where he commanded the American Second Army. For his services he was raised . At to the rank of lieutenant-general he was made the end of the World War a major-general in the regular army. various He received the D. S. M. and foreign decorations.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught both men in 1921 with their careers unfinished. William H. G. Bullard, then director of naval communications, went on to press for American ownership of the Marconi company's US assets o the creation of the Radio Corporation of America in 1919, and in 1927 President Coolidge named him the first chairman of the new Federal Radio Commission, the body that grew into the FCC; he died in office that November. Robert Lee Bullard retired from the Army in 1925 and lived until 1947, publishing memoirs of the war; modern historians dwell far more than Collier's did on his hostile judgements of the Black soldiers of the 92nd Division, which shaped Army policy on segregation for decades.
Written for this edition, 2026.