Keppel
Keppel names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Keppel AUGUSTUS, VISCOUNT
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
AUGUSTUS, VISCOUNT, an English naval officer; born April 2, 1725. Entering the navy, he served under Hawke in 1757, captured Goree in 1758, took part in the battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, and in the capture of Belleisle in 1761, and commanded at the capture of Havana in 1762. In 1778 he encountered the French fleet; a sharp but indecisive action ensued, owing to a disagreement between Keppel and Sir Hugh Paleiser, his second in command. Both admirals were brought before a courtmartial, but both were acquitted. In 1782, in which year he was created Viscount became First Lord of the Admiralty, but Keppel of Elveden in Suffolk, he resigned on Pitt's accession to government. Keppel died, unmarried, Oct. 3 , 1786.
Keppel SIR COLIN British admiral
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR COLIN British admiral. He was born in 1862 RICHARD, a and in 1875 joined H. M. S. "Britannia." In 1882 he became midshipman of "Inconstant" during the Egyptian War and won medal and Khedive's bronze star. He was the sub-lieutenant on "Invincible," served in the Nile Expedition, 1884- 1885, flag lieutenant to Duke of Edinke of Ediu burgh in Mediterranean, 1886-1889, and 16-1830, and commanded gunboat flotilla on , 1898. He was promoted captain in 1899, Nile receiving thanks of parliament for Soudan services 1899. In 1910 he was rearadmiral in command of Atlantic Fleet antie and retired in 1917.
Keppel FREDERICK PAUL, an PAT American educator and public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FREDERICK PAUL, an PAT American educator and public official, blic born in Staten Island, N. Y. in 1875. He graduated from Columbia University in 1898. From 1901 to 1902 he was assistant secretary and from 1902 to 1910, secretary of Columbia University. He was appointed dean of the college in 1910. He served as assistant to the secretary of war in 1917 and 1918, and was appointed third assistant secretary of war in 1918, serving until 1920. He wrote "Columbia University" (1913); "The Undergraduate and His College" continuing their attacks upon the new (1917). KERAMICS. See POTTERY.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Two of these three Keppels were still alive when Collier's went to press in 1921, and the entries stop mid-career. Frederick Paul Keppel, described only as a Columbia dean and wartime assistant secretary of war, became president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1923 and ran it until 1941, making him one of the most influential figures in American philanthropy; he died in 1943, and his son Francis Keppel served as U.S. Commissioner of Education under Kennedy and Johnson. Admiral Sir Colin Keppel, shown as retired in 1917, lived on into the 1940s. Only the account of Augustus Keppel stands unaltered, though modern writers spell his quarrelsome second-in-command Palliser, not "Paleiser," and place their indecisive 1778 action off Ushant.
Written for this edition, 2026.