Hitchcock
Hitchcock names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Hitchcock GILBERT MONELL, a United States Senator from Nebraska
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GILBERT MONELL, a United States Senator from Nebraska. Born at Omaha, Neb., in 1859, and educated at Baden-Baden, Germany, and the University of Michigan. After practicing law in Omaha for a few years he entered the newspaper business in 1885 by founding the Omaha "Evening World" and later the "World-Herald." He served three terms as a Democratic member of the National House of Representatives before he became United States Senator in 1911. Six years later he was re-elected, his present term expiring in 1923. Senator Hitchcock was chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee during the war with Germany and when the Republicans organized the Senate in 1919 he became the minority leader. JAMES RIPLEY HITCHCOCK, WELLMAN, an American writer on art; born in Fitchburg, Mass., July 3, 1857. He wrote: "The Western Art Movement" (1885); "A Study of George Inness" (1885); "Madonnas by Old Masters" (1888), the text to photogravures; "The Future of Etching"; "Some American Painters in Water Colors"; "Etching in America"; "Notable Etchings by American Artists"; etc. He died in 1918.
Hitchcock CHARLES HENRY, an American geologist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES HENRY, an American geologist, born in Amherst, Mass., in 1836. He graduated from Amherst College in 1856 and studied afterward at the Yale Divinity School and the Andover Theological Seminary. His professional studies were carried on in vessels and in the United States. He also lectured on zoölogy at Amherst College from 1858 to 1864, and from 1868 to 1908 he was professor of geology and mineralogy at Dartmouth College. In 1908 he became professor emeritus. He served as assistant state geologist for Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. He lectured on geology at various colleges. His researches in geology on mountains in eastern United States were especially valuable. He was a member of many scientific societies and received honorary degrees from several colleges. He published "Elementary Geology" (1861); "Mount Washington in Winter" (1871); "Hawaii and Its Volcanoes" (1909), together with in scientific magazines and publications. many articles
Hitchcock FRANK HARRIS, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANK HARRIS, an American public official, born at Amherst, Ohio, in 1869. He graduated from Harvard in 1891. After studying law at George Washington University he was admitted to the bar in 1894. He served in various posts in the government service and in 1905 was appointed First Assistant Postmaster-General. He was Postmaster-General in President Taft's Cabinet from 1909 to 1913. During his administration postal savings banks and parcel post was established. On his retirement from office he resumed the practice of law in New York City. He managed the campaign of President Taft in 1908, and the campaign for the nomination of Charles E. Hughes in 1916. In 1920 he was manager of the campaign for General Leonard Wood. He was a member of many economic societies.
Hitchcock ROSWELL DWIGHT, an American theologian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ROSWELL DWIGHT, an American theologian; born in East Machias, Me., Aug. 15, 1817. He was long president of Union Theological Seminary. He wrote: "Analysis of the Bible" (1869); "Socialism" (1879); "Life of Edward Robinson"; "Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship"; "Eternal Atonement" (with Francis Brown); etc. He died in Somerset, Mass., June 16, 1887.
Hitchcock ETHAN ALLEN, an American diplomatist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ETHAN ALLEN, an American diplomatist; born in Mobile, Ala., Sept. 19, 1835; received an academic education and entered mercantile life; subsequently president of railway and mining companies. In 1897 he became United States minister to Russia; in 1898, ambassador; and in 1899, Secretary of the Interior in McKinley's Cabinet. He died in 1909.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 listed five Hitchcocks, all American and all now largely forgotten; the name today belongs almost entirely to a young Londoner it never mentions. Alfred Hitchcock was about 21 when this volume appeared, designing silent-film title cards at the Famous Players-Lasky studio in Islington; he directed his first feature in 1925 and by his death in 1980 had made "Psycho," "Vertigo" and "The Birds." Of those listed, Senator Gilbert Hitchcock's "present term expiring in 1923" proved to be his last, after he had led the losing Democratic fight to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations; he died in 1934. Frank Harris Hitchcock, credited here with postal savings banks and parcel post, is also remembered for pushing the first U.S. airmail flights while Postmaster-General.
Written for this edition, 2026.