Ford
Ford names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Ford HENRY, an American capitalist and philanthropist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY, an American capitalist and philanthropist, born at Greenfield, Mich., in 1863. After attending a district school he learned the machinist's trade and moved to Detroit to secure employment. After securing notable suc HENRY FORD cesses in his vocation he became chief engineer of the Edison Illuminating Co. and in 1903 organized the Ford Motor Co., which became the largest automobile company in the world. In the conduct of his plant he achieved great success partly by his enlightened attitude toward his employees, granting them high wages, making them pr profit-sharers in the plant, and maintaining for their benefit hospitals and schools. In 1915 he financed a group of peace advocates which attempted to influence the belligerent powers to end the World War. After the war he was among the first to announce a reduction in the prices of his goods in order to reduce the high cost of living. He was defeated for the United States Senate in 1918 by Truman H. Newberry.
Ford HENRY JONES, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY JONES, an American educator, born in Baltimore in 1851. He graduated from Baltimore City College in 1868. In 1872 he became an editorial writer on the Baltimore "American" and for several years acted as editor for papers in New York, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. He was lecturer on political science at Johns Hopkins University in 1906-1907. In 1908 he was appointed professor of politics at Princeton. He wrote "The Rise and Growth of American Politics" (1898); "The Scotch-Irish in America" (1915); "Woodrow Wilson, the Man and His Work" (1916); "The Cleveland Era" (1919). He was a frequent contributor on economic subjects to magazines.
Ford WORTHINGTON CHAUN- CEY, an American statistician
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WORTHINGTON CHAUN- CEY, an American statistician; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1858; was chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of State, in 1885-1889, and of the Bureau of Statistics in the Treasury Department in 1893-1898; became connected with the Boston Public Library in 1897; was chosen Lecturer on Statistics in the University of Chicago in 1901. He was the author of "American Citizen's Manual"; "The Standard Silver Dollar" (1884) and "George Washington" (1899); "Journal of Continental Congress" (1905); "Life and Writings of John Quincy Adams" (1913).
Ford JOHN, an English dramatist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, an English dramatist; born in Islington, England, in April, 1586. He turned from law to devote himself to the drama. His first poem was "Fame's Memorial," an elegy on the Earl of Devonshire. Alone and in colaboration he wrote a series of very successful plays. As a poet he ranks among the foremost outside of Shakespeare. Among his best plays are: "The Lover's Melancholy," "The Broken Heart," and "Love's Sacrifice." He died about 1640.
Ford PAUL LEICESTER, an American author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PAUL LEICESTER, an American author; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1865. His works include: "The Honorable Peter Stirling" (1894); "The True George Washington" (1896); "Bibliotheca Hamilton"; "Franklin Bibliography"; "The Works of Thomas Jefferson" (1897); "The Story of an Untold Love"; "Tattle Tales of Cupid"; ρia: "Janice Meredith" (1899), etc. He died in 1902.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's, writing in 1921, praises Henry Ford's "enlightened attitude toward his employees" and his 1915 peace mission, and stops there. It says nothing of the antisemitic articles his Dearborn Independent had begun running in 1920 and collected as "The International Jew" — the thing that most shapes his reputation now — nor of his long resistance to the United Auto Workers, whom he finally signed with in 1941, nor of the Model T's end in 1927. Ford died in 1947; his company survives but is no longer "the largest automobile company in the world." Two smaller corrections: Paul Leicester Ford's bland "He died in 1902" conceals that his brother Malcolm shot him and then himself, and the John Ford entry omits 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, likely on grounds of decency, though it is now far and away his most performed play.
Written for this edition, 2026.