Clyde
Clyde names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Clyde a British military offcer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a British military offcer; born in Glasgow, Oct. 20, 1792. His father was a carpenter, named Macliver, but Colin assumed the name of Campbell. He was severely wounded at the siege of San Sebastian and the passage of the Bidassoa. He took part in the expedition to the United States (1814), and then passed nearly 30 years in garrison duty. On the outbreak of the Crimean War, in 1854, he was appointed to the command of the Highland Brigade; the victory of the Alma was mainly his; and his, too, the splendid repulse of the Russians by the "thin red line" in the battle of Balaklava. When, on July 11, 1857, the news reached England of the sepoy mutiny, Lord Palmerston offered him the command of the forces in India. He effected the final relief of Lucknow, and on Dec. 20, 1858, having five months earlier been created Lord Clyde, announced to the Viceroy that the rebellion was ended. Returning next year to England, he was made a field-marshal, and received a pension of $10,000. He died Aug. 14, 1863. CAMPBELL, THOMAS, a Scotch poet; born in Glasgow, July 27, 1777; educated at its university. After leaving the university he resided for a short time in Edinburgh, and all at once attained the zenith of his fame by publishing, in 1799, his " Pleasures of Hope. " It produced an spending some time in Germany, Camppublished an edition of the "Pleasbell ures of Hope," with the addition of some of the finest lyrics in the English language, including "Hohenlinden," "Ye Mariners of England," and the "Exile of Erin." In 1803 he went to London, and in 1806 obtained a pension of £200 through the influence of Mr. Fox. After this he appears for a time to have given his attention less to poetry than prose, and wrote various compilations, articles for Brewster's "Edinburgh Encyclopædia," etc. In 1809 he again made his appearance as a poet, and published "Gertrude of Wyoming," "Lord Ullin's Daughter," and the "Battle of the Baltic." After publishing "Specimens of English Poets," accompanied by ied by critical essays, he became editor, in 1820, of the "New Monthly Magazine." He took an active part in the foundation of London University, and in 1827 was elected rector of Glasgow University. After this, though he continued to occupy himself with literature, and published his "Letters from the South," a "Life of Mrs. Siddons," and a "Life of Petrarch," his productions were much inferior to his earlier efforts. He died at Boulogne, June 15, 1844, and was interred at Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey, close to the tomb of Addison. CAMPBELL, WILLIAM WILFRED, a Canadian poet; born in western Ontario, Canada, in 1861. He published "Lake Lyrics" (1889); "The Dread Voyage" (1893); "Mordred, a Tragedy," and "Hildebrand" (1895), dramas in blank verse; "Beyond the Hills of Dreams" (1899); "Collected Verse" (1906); "A Beautiful Rebel" (1909), a historical novel; etc. He also edited "The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse" (1914). CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, SIR HENRY, a British statesman, born in 1836. The latter part of his name was added to comply with the provisions of a will of an uncle on the maternal side. He entered political life early, and in 1868 was elected member of Parliament to represent the borough of Sterling. He was not possessed of great gifts, but had a most pleasing personality and the gift of harmonizing conflicting interests that stood him in stead during heated political conflicts. He was financial secretary of the War Office 1871-1874 and 1880-1882 and Secretary of the Admiralty 1882- 1884. In the latter year he became Chief Secretary of Ireland, and later served two terms as Secretary of War. He became the head of the Liberal party ty in 1889 and was made Premier Dec. 4, 1905, after the resignation of the Balfour cabinet. His administration was notable for his ability of combining labor and liberal elements in harmonious co-operation. He resigned the premiership in April, 1908, and died in London on the 22d of the same month.
Clyde a river of Scotland
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a river of Scotland, which has its sources amid the hills that separate Lanarkshire from the counties of Peebles and Dumfries, passes by Lanark, Hamilton, Glasgow, Renfrew, Dumbarton, Greenock, etc., and forms finally an extensive estuary or firth before it enters the Irish Sea, at the southern extremity of the island of Bute. From its source to Glasgow, where navigation begins, its length is about 80 miles. Its principal tributaries are the Douglas Water, the Mouse, the Nethan, the Avon, the Calder, the North Calder, the Kelvin, the White and Black Cart, and the Leven. Near Lanark it has three celebrated falls the uppermost, Bonniton Linn, about 30 feet high; the next, Cora Linn, where the water takes three distinct leaps, each about as high; and the lowest, Stonebyres, also three distinct falls, altogether about 80 feet. The Clyde, by artificial deepening, has been made navigable for large vessels up to Glasgow, and is the most valuable river in Scotland for commerce.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the chief river of Scotland. It rises in Lanarkshire and Dumfries, and flows westward into the Irish Sea. The river is about eighty miles in length. In its upper course it makes three distinct leaps ere it leaves the hills. The mouth is a broad estuary or firth. The channel has been dredged to permit large stoamers to ascend as far as Glasgow. An outgoing steamer takes cargo at the wharves of Glasgow, but usually lies to at Greenock near the mouth of the river for passengers from the city to join it by rail. The Firth of Clyde is full of booms of timber from Norway. The lofty rock and castle of Dumbarton keep watch over a noble scene. Ships innumerable are passing up and down this busy stream. See Glasgow
Clyde LORD. See CAMPBELL
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LORD. See CAMPBELL, SIR COLIN.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's called the Clyde in 1921 "the most valuable river in Scotland for commerce," dredged so that large vessels could reach Glasgow; at that date Clydeside yards were among the greatest shipbuilding centres in the world and "Clyde-built" was a guarantee of quality. That industry has almost vanished: the Glasgow docks closed, the upper river's commercial traffic ended, and warship construction survives mainly at Govan and Scotstoun, with commercial work at Port Glasgow, while deep-water cargo and cruise trade moved downriver to Greenock. The falls near Lanark that both accounts describe were harnessed for hydro-electric power in the 1920s, and the mill village of New Lanark beside them, once industrial, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Firth of Clyde also gained a role neither writer could have imagined: since the 1960s the Faslane base on the Gare Loch has been home to Britain's nuclear-armed submarines. Lord Clyde's career stands as described, though the 1857 rising he suppressed is now usually called the Indian Rebellion or First War of Independence rather than a "sepoy mutiny".
Written for this edition, 2026.