Buxton
Buxton names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Buxton SYDNEY CHARLES, VIS- COUNT
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SYDNEY CHARLES, VIS- COUNT, a British statesman; born in 1853. He received his education at Cambridge. From 1876 to 1882 he was a member of the London School Board, and of the Royal Commission on Education from 1886 to 1889. In 1892 he became Under-Secretary for the Colonies, which position he held for three years. He was member of Parliament from Peterborough in 1883. From 1905 to 1910, he was Postmaster-General, and made his administration notable by the introduction of penny postage to the United States. He was largely instrumental in passing the Insurance, Copyright, and Pilotage Acts (1911-1912). In 1914 he was made High Commissioner and Governor-General of South Africa. He has written a number of works on financial and economic subjects, among which are "Finance and Politics," "Handbook to Death Duties," and "The Fiscal Question."
Buxton SIR THOMAS FOWELL, an English philanthropist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR THOMAS FOWELL, an English philanthropist, born April 1, 1786; educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1811 he joined the firm of Truman, Hanbury & Co., brewers, and took an active share in the business. The Spitalfields distress, in 1816, was the occasion of his turning his attention to philanthropic efforts, and, along with his sister-in-law, the celebrated Mrs. Fry, he made inquiries which directed public attention to the system of prison discipline. In 1818 he was elected to Parliament for Weymouth, and was long the L able coadjutor of Wilberforce in his efforts for the abolition of slavery. He was created a baronet in 1840, and died Feb. 19, 1845.
Buxton a town in Derbyshire
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town in Derbyshire, England, 37 miles N. W. of Derby, and 25 S. S. E. of Manchester. Buxton has long been famous for its calcareous springs, the waters being taken for indigestion, gout, rheumatism, and nervous and cutaneous diseases. Near Buxton is the Diamond Hill, famous for its crystals; and Poole's Hole, a stalactite cavern 770 yards long. Mary, Queen of Scots, was at Buxton when in the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Pop. about 15,000.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's called Sydney Buxton a viscount in 1921, but he had already been created Earl Buxton in 1920; he died in 1934 and the title died with him, and the penny post to the United States he introduced is long gone. Buxton the town has roughly 22,000 people rather than the 15,000 reported, and its days as a working spa ended in the twentieth century when drinking the waters fell out of medical fashion e opored, restored and reopened in 2020 as a hotel and thermal spa, while the town's name now belongs chiefly to a bottled mineral water brand and to the annual Buxton Festival at the Opera House. Poole's Cavern is still open to visitors, and the account of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Wilberforce's colleague in the abolition campaign, needs no correction at all.
Written for this edition, 2026.