Crawford
Crawford names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Crawford FRANCIS MARION, an American novelist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANCIS MARION, an American novelist; no born in Tuscany, Italy, Aug. 2, 1853; son of THOMAS CRAWFORD (q. v.). He was educated at Concord, N. H.; Trinity College, Cambridge; Karlsruhe, and Heidelberg. At Rome he devoted himself to the study of Sanskrit, and during 1879-1880 was engaged in press work at Allahabad, where he was admitted to the Catholic Church. He was selected by the government committee to write the National Ode at the centennial of the American Constitution, Sept. 17, 1887. His first novel, "Mr. Isaacs" (1882), was a book of striking and quite unusual merit, securing a new romantic element in certain of the aspects and contrasts of modern Oriental life. His works include: "Dr. Claudius" (1883); "To Leeward" (1883); "A Roman Singer" (1884); "Zoroaster" (1885); "A Tale of a Lonely Parish" (1886); "Saracinesca" (1887); "Marzio's Crucifix" (1887); "Paul Patoff" "Pa (1887); "Greifenstein" (1889); "Sant Ilario" (1889); "A Cigarette-Maker's Romance" (1890); "The Witch of Prague" (1891) ; "Khaled" (1891); "The ; "Kha Three Fates" (1892 ); "Katharine Lau- ); derdale," and its sequel "The Ralstons" F. MARION CRAWFORD (1895); "Casa Braccio" (1895); "Ta- دو quisara" (1896) ; "A Rose of Yesterday" ; (1897); ); "Corleone" (1897); "Ave, Roma Immortalis," "In the Palace of the King," "Via Crucis," "Rulers of the South." He died April 8, 1909.
Crawford WILLIAM HARRIS, an American statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM HARRIS, an American statesman; born in Amherst co., Va., Feb. 24, 1772. In 1783, he settled in Columbia co., Ga., began teaching school, was admitted to the bar in 1798, and entered on practice in Lexington. He assisted in compiling the first digest of State laws, was elected to the State Senate in 1802, and to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy in 13-Vol. III-Cyc 1807 (fighting two duels during the canvass); was re-elected for a full term in 1811; was chosen president of the Senate pro tem. in 1812; and, refusing the secretaryship of war, was appointed minister to France in 1813. Two years later he was appointed Secretary of War, and the next year became Secretary of the Treasury, and held the latter office till March, 1825. He was urged as a candidate for the Presid Presidency several times, rein ceived the nomination in 1824, and the election had 41 electoral votes. No choice for President having been reached, the election was decided in the House of Representatives, but meanwhile Crawford had been stricken with paralysis, which precluded his effectual candidacy. He died Sept. 15, 1834.
Crawford WILLIAM HENRY, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM HENRY, an American educator; born in Wilton Center, Ill., in 1855. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1884. After studying at the Garrett Biblical Institute he was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1884. After serving in several pastorates, he was appointed professor of historical theology at the Gammon Theological Seminary of Atlanta, serving from 1889 to 1893. In the latter year he became president of the Allegheny College. He lectured widely on historical subjects and was a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers. He was a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation, a member of the Federation for Social Service and other organizations, and the author of "Life of Savonarola" (1906); "The Church and the Slums" (1908); Dur "The American College" (1915). Du ing the World War he was National War Work Council secretary of the Y. M. C. A. city and
Crawford COE ISAAC, an Amercan public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
COE ISAAC, an Amercan public official; born at Volney, Ia., Jan. 14, 1858. He was graduated from the University of Iowa, admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law at Independence, Ia., in 1883, removing in 1884 to Dakota Territory. In 1886 he was appointed Attorney of Hughes county, and in 1889 became a member of the Territorial Legislative Council. He was elected Governor of South Dakota by the Republicans in 1907, and served as United States Senator from 1909-1915.
Crawford THOMAS, an American sculptor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THOMAS, an American sculptor; born in New York City, March 22, 1814. His most famous works comprise "Orpheus and Cerberus," "Adam and Eve," "Hebe and Ganymede," "Mercury and Psyche," and "Dancing Jenny." He performed important works for the National Government and State of Virginia. He died in London, Oct. 16, 1857.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 could list F. Marion Crawford's forty-odd novels as living currency; today almost none are read, and he survives chiefly through the ghost story "The Upper Berth," a fixture of horror anthologies. The entry on his father Thomas Crawford names "Orpheus and Cerberus" and "Dancing Jenny" but passes over as "important works for the National Government" the two things he is now known for: the bronze Statue of Freedom that has stood atop the United States Capitol dome since 1863, and the Capitol's Senate pediment. William Harris Crawford's 1824 defeat looks different in hindsight as well: his nomination by a congressional caucus was the last of its kind, and the collapse of "King Caucus" opened the way to the national party convention. Coe I. Crawford, still alive when this was printed, lived on into the 1940s as a relic of the Progressive Republican insurgency.
Written for this edition, 2026.