Dickinson
Dickinson names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Dickinson JACOB MC GAVOCK, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JACOB MC GAVOCK, an American public official, born in Columbus, Miss., in 1851. He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1871 and studied law at the Columbia University and at foreign universities. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and from that date until 1899 practiced law in Nashville, Tenn. From 1899 to 1909 he was engaged in practice in Chicago. He was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States in 1895, serving until 1897. In 1903 he was counsel for the United States before the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. He was on the legal staff of the Illinois Central Railroad Company from 1889 to 1909. He was appointed Secretary of War by President Taft in 1909, serving until 1911, when he resigned. In 1907 and 1908 he was president of the American Bar Association. During the World War he was honorary president of the Chicago Branch of the National Security League.
Dickinson EMILY, an American poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EMILY, an American poet ; Amherst, Mass., Dec. 10, 1830. Living the life of a recluse, she wrote much verse in forms peculiar to In 1892 a collection of her herself. poems was issued which received warm praise from competent critics. In all, have appeared. She died in Amherst, three volumes of her verse and prose May 15, 1886. LOWES, an English writer and scholar. DICKINSON, GOLDSWORTHY School and at King's College, Cambridge, He was educated at the Charterhouse where he became a lecturer. He studied also at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His published writings include "The Greek View of Life" (1890); "The Tragedy of the Puritan Revolution" (1891); "The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth Century" (1895); "Letters From a Chinese Official" (1903); "Religion and Immortality" (1911); "The European Anarchy" (1916); "The Choice Before Us" (1917).
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's gave Emily Dickinson four lines in 1921, noting only that she was a recluse who wrote "in forms peculiar to herself" and that a collection of 1892 had won praise from critics. She is now ranked among the greatest of American poets, and the very peculiarity the entry noted is the reason: the dashes and irregular capitals that her first editors smoothed away were restored by Thomas H. Johnson's complete edition of 1955, which printed 1,775 poems, far more than the "three volumes" Collier's knew. Her Amherst house is a museum, and her manuscripts are studied for their handwriting and layout as much as their words. Of the other two men here, Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (died 1932) is chiefly remembered today for his advocacy of a League of Nations during the war Collier's calls "the World War".
Written for this edition, 2026.