Fiske
Fiske names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Fiske BRADLEY ALLEN, an American naval officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
BRADLEY ALLEN, an American naval officer; born in Lyons, N. Y., June 13, 1854; was appointed a cadet midshipman in the United States navy Sept. 24, 1870; became a lieutenant Jan. 26, 1887, and a lieutenant-commander March 3, 1899. He invented a boat detaching and attaching apparatus for warships in 1877; the first electric ammunition used in the navy in 1888; electric gun training apparatus and electric steering gear the same year; range and position finders in 1889; improvements of the range finder and electric steering gear in 1895; and an electrical apparatus for transmitting the orders of a ship's commander from the deck bridge to the engine room in 1896; and was attached to the Naval Bureau of Ordnance from 1895. In 1901 he was appointed a lieutenant-commander and, by promotion, a rear-admiral in 1911. He assisted in naval operations 1913-1915, retiring in the latter year. Was awarded Cresson gold medal by French Institute in 1893, Gold Medal by U. S. Naval Institute for prize essay "American Naval Policy" (1905); author "Electricity and Electrieal Engineering," "Electricity in Theory and Practice," "War Times in Manila" (1915). He published, "Electricity and Engineering." Electrical
Fiske JOHN, an American historian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, an American historian; born in Hartford, Conn., March 30, 1842. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1863, and in 1865 took his degree in law, but never practiced. He was for a while lecturer on philosophy at Harvard, and in 1872-1879 assistant librarian. He was author of "Myths and Myth-Makers" (1872); "Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy" (2 vols. 1875), his principal work, in which he gives an exposition of the philosophy of natural evolution; "The Unseen World" (1876); "Darwinism" (1879); "The Idea of God" (1885). On phases of American history, he wrote: "American Political Ideas" (1885); "The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789" (1888); "The Beginnings of New England" (1889); "The American Revolution" (3 vols. 1891); "Discovery of America" (2 vols. 1892). He died in Gloucester, Mass., July 4, 1901.
Fiske MINNIE MADDERN, an American actress
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MINNIE MADDERN, an American actress, born in New Orleans in 1865. She took a child's part on the stage when but three years of age, and at the age of twelve, played leading rôles in old women's parts. Three years later she became a star under the name of Minnie Maddern. She became one of the most eminent artists on the American stage. Among the most suc- MINNIE MADDERN FISKE cessful plays in which she appeared were "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," "Becky Sharp," and plays of Ibsen.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's wrote in 1921 with two of these three Fiskes still living, and their stories were not finished. Bradley Allen Fiske, listed there for range finders and electric steering gear, is remembered today chiefly for a patent the entry omits edo dropped from an aircraft, which he patented in 1912 and which anticipated the torpedo bombers of the Second World War; he died in 1942, having also pressed for the creation of the office of Chief of Naval Operations in 1915. Minnie Maddern Fiske, praised for "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "Becky Sharp," went on acting until her death in 1932 and is now credited above all with introducing Ibsen to American audiences and with her campaigning against cruelty to animals. John Fiske, dead since 1901, is the one whose standing has fallen: his "Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy" and evolutionary theism are period pieces, and professional historians now read him as a graceful popularizer whose Anglo-Saxon racial assumptions have not worn well.
Written for this edition, 2026.