Fletcher
Fletcher names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Fletcher FRANK FRIDAY, an American admiral
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANK FRIDAY, an American admiral, born at Oskaloosa, Ia., in 1855. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1875 and in the following year was promoted ensign. He was promoted through the various grades to the rank of rear-admiral, in 1911. After performing important duties on shore and at sea, he was in 1913 appointed commander of the 3d division of the Atlantic Fleet, and was later commander of the 2d and 1st divisions. In 1913 and 1914 he commanded the naval force on the west coast of Mexico, and on April 21 seized and occupied the city of Vera Cruz. In 1914 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and in the following year was appointed admiral. During the the World War he was a member of the War Industries Board of the Council of National Defense, and a member of the General Board of the Navy. He invented several pieces of mechanism for guns and was awarded a medal of honor for distinguished conduct in battle.
Fletcher DUNCAN UPSHAW, a United States Senator from Florida
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DUNCAN UPSHAW, a United States Senator from Florida, born in Sumter county, Ga., in 1859. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1880 and afterward studied law at that institution. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and engaged in practice in Jacksonville, Fla. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1893, and for two years following was mayor of Jacksonville. He was appointed United States senator by the governor of the State in 1909, and was elected senator by the legislature in the same year. He was re-elected in 1914. He was chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce.
Fletcher GILES, an English clergyman and poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GILES, an English clergyman and poet, cousin of John; born in London, Eng England, about 1580. His only notable composition was a sacred poem entitled "Christ's Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after Death" (1610), rich in imagery and descriptions of natural scenery. Parts of it were utilized by Milton in his "Paradise Regained." He died in Alderton, in 1623.
Fletcher . See Beaumont Fleur-de-lis
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
. See Beaumont Fleur-de-lis, or Flower-de-Luce. See Iris
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN. See BEAUMONT,
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote in 1921 it left Duncan U. Fletcher in mid-career as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee; he stayed in the Senate until his death in 1936, and as chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee he presided over the Pecora hearings into Wall Street and gave his name to the Fletcher-Rayburn bill that became the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, creating the SEC. His route to office is itself a period detail: appointed by the governor and then chosen by the legislature in 1909, a procedure abolished by the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, after which he had to win popular election. Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, praised here for seizing Vera Cruz on 21 April 1914, died in 1928; that operation produced an extraordinary 55-odd Medals of Honor, a haul later seen as evidence that the award was being given too freely, and the occupation itself is now read as a low point in US-Mexican relations rather than a feat of arms. The notes on Giles Fletcher and the cross-references to Beaumont and to Iris still read perfectly well, though modern critics phrase Milton's debt to "Christ's Victorie and Triumph" more cautiously than "parts of it were utilized."
Written for this edition, 2026.