Burke
Burke names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Burke EDMUND, a British statesman and orator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDMUND, a British statesman and orator, born in Dublin, Jan. 12, 1729. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, 1748, studied law, and, in 1750, began literary work. Elected to Parliament, he made his first speech in 1766; and from that date until 1790 was one of the chief guides and inspirers of the Whig party. His speeches and pamphlets are still considered among the most striking and suggestive manuals of political philosophy in modern times. They, with his miscellaneous writings, are all included in his "Works and Correspondence" (8 vols., 1852). Among his most important works, aside from his speeches, are "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" (1756); "Reflections on the French Revolution" (1790),,; and "Letters on a Regicide Peace." He died in Beaconsfield, England, July 9, 1797.
Burke BILLIE (MRS. FLORENZ ZIEGFELD)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
BILLIE (MRS. FLORENZ ZIEGFELD), an American actress, born in Washington, D. C., in 1886. She was educated in France and England and made her first appearance on the stage as a singer in 1902. This was followed by appearances in several musical comedies. Her first dramatic engagement was in 1907, and in the same year she played with John Drew as his leading-BURL woman. She became one of the most popular actresses on the stage, and had even greater success in motion-picture plays.
Burke SIR JOHN BERNARD, an English herald and genealogist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR JOHN BERNARD, an English herald and genealogist; son of John Burke (1787-1848), representative of a Tipperary family, who, in 1826, published the "Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom." The son, born in London, in 1815, and educated at Caen, in Normandy, was trained as a lawyer, and called to the bar in 1839. Besides editing the successive issues of the "Peerage" founded by his father, published other works on related subjects. He died in Dublin, Dec. 13, 1892.
Burke MAURICE FRANCIS, an American Roman Catholic bishop
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MAURICE FRANCIS, an American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Ireland, in 1845. He was educated in several Catholic universities in the United States and at the American College in Rome. He was ordained priest in 1875. From 1878 to 1887 he was rector of St. Mary's Church, Joliet, Ill., and in the latter year was consecrated bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo. In 1893 he was transferred to the see of St. Joseph, Mo.
Burke JOHN, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, an American public official, born in Keokuk co., Ia., in 1859. He was educated in the public schools and studied law at the State University of Iowa. After practicing law until 1889, he was elected judge of Rolette co., N. Dak. He served in the House and Senate of that State, and as governor for three terms following 1907. In 1913 he was appointed Treasurer of the United States.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's called Billie Burke "one of the most popular actresses on the stage" in 1921 without knowing her most enduring role was still ahead: she played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), and she outlived her husband Florenz Ziegfeld (d. 1932) by nearly forty years, dying in 1970. John Burke, newly Treasurer of the United States when the entry was written, went on to the North Dakota Supreme Court and is the figure North Dakota sent to the National Statuary Hall in Washington; Bishop Maurice Francis Burke remained at St. Joseph until his death in 1923. The Peerage founded by John Burke in 1826 and edited by his son Sir John Bernard is still issued as Burke's Peerage, though it now records a nobility with almost no political power, the hereditary peers having been removed from the House of Lords in 1999. Edmund Burke's standing is undiminished, but the eight-volume 1852 Works cited here has been superseded by the Oxford Writings and Speeches and by Thomas Copeland's ten-volume edition of the correspondence; his 1790 book, given here as "Reflections on the French Revolution," is properly Reflections on the Revolution in France.
Written for this edition, 2026.