Dixon
Dixon names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Dixon WILLIAM HEPWORTH, an English author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM HEPWORTH, an English author; born in Manchester, June 30, 1821. In 1849 he published a memoir of Howard the philanthropist, which was followed by the "Life of William Penn" (1851), and by a work on Admiral Blake (1852). In 1853, after having been a contributor, he became chief editor of the "Athenæum," a post which he retained till 1869. During this period he published several very popular works, including the "Personal History of Lord Bacon," "The Holy Land," "New America," and "Spiritual Wives." After his retirement from the "Athenæum," he published about 25 volumes of history, travel, and fiction, among others, "Free Russia"; "Her Majesty's Tower"; "The Switzers"; "History of Two Queens, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn"; etc. He died in London, Dec. 27, 1879.
Dixon a city of Illinois
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Illinois, the countyseat of Lee co. It is on the Rock river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Illinois Central railroads. Its industries include the manufacture of condensed milk, shoes, plows, wagons, wire, cloth, furniture, Portland cement, etc. It is the seat of the Northern Illinois Normal School and the Rock River Military Academy, and has a handsome Pop. court house and a public library. (1910) 7,216; (1920) 8,191.
Dixon dik'son, George
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
dik'son, George, an English navigator. He was an officer on the Resolution during Cook's last voyage. Later he was sent out on an independent exploring expedition and discovered the Queen Charlotte Islands. He was the author of A Voyage Round the World, Published in 1789. He died about 1800.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's noted Dixon, Illinois, as a town of 8,191 people making condensed milk, plows and cement in 1920 — the same year the Reagan family moved there, and the boyhood home of the future president is now the town's chief attraction, in a city of roughly 15,000. Aiton's 1910 note that George Dixon "discovered the Queen Charlotte Islands" reads differently today: the islands were long inhabited by the Haida, and in 2010 British Columbia formally restored the name Haida Gwaii, though the strait between them and Alaska is still Dixon Entrance. The sketch of William Hepworth Dixon stands as written, except that the once "very popular" author of "Spiritual Wives" and "Her Majesty's Tower" is now read chiefly by historians of the Athenaeum and of Victorian journalism.
Written for this edition, 2026.