Christian
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Christian. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
one who believes or professes the religion of Christ; a follower of Christ. CHRISTIAN I., King of Denmark and Norway from 1448 to 1481. his father, John, in 1513. His cruelties and exactions caused his name to be universally execrated. The nation rallied round Gustavus Vasa, and Christian was compelled to sign his own abdication, 1523. He began wandering over Europe in the hope of enlisting partisans in his cause, but was at last taken prisoner, and thrown into confinement, where he died in 1559. CHRISTIAN III., succeeded his father, Frederick I., and died in 1559. CHRISTIAN IV., succeeded his father, Frederick II., in 1588; spent his life in the German wars, and died in 1648. CHRISTIAN V., succeeded Frederick III. in 1670, and died in 1699, after a long and fruitless war against Sweden. CHRISTIAN VI., succeeded his father, Frederick IV., 1730, and died in 1746. CHRISTIAN VII., succeeded his father, Frederick V., in 1766, and in the same year married Caroline Matilda, sister of George III. of England. The dissipations of his early life had enfeebled his energies and rendered him unfit for government. The management of the state was, in consequence, seized first by Count Bernstorff and later by Struensee. In 1784, Christian being incapacitated by mental disease, his son, Frederick VI., came to the head of the government, as joint regent with the queen-mother. Christian died in 1808. CHRISTIAN VIII., Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg, succeeded Frederick VI. in 1839, as King of Denmark only, and died in 1848. CHRISTIAN IX., (of Schleswig- Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg); born in 1818, succeeded Frederick VII. as King of Denmark, in 1863. His second son, George, was, in 1863, elected King of Greece, and of his daughters Alexandra married the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. of England, and Dagmar the Czarewitch of Russia, later Czar Alexander III. He died Jan. 29, 1906. CHRISTIAN X., King of Denmark, born at Charlottenlund, Denmark, in 1870, the son of King Frederick VIII. He succeeded his father to the throne of Denmark on the death of the latter in May 14, 1912. In 1898 he married Alexandrine, Duchess of Mecklenburg. He has two sons, Frederick, the Crown Prince, born in 1899; and Knud, born in 1900.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
kris'tian, the principal character in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress . See Bunyan Sarcophagus, with Noah's Ark in relief, Treves. Christian Antiquities Sarcophagus, restored. Christian Antiquities A catacomb, present condition. Christian Antiquities A martyr's grave, Catacombs, Rome. Christian Antiquities The Good Shepherd, Crypt of St. Agnes, Rome. Christian Antiquities Moses striking the rock, Crypt of St. Agnes, Rome. Christian Antiquities