Locke
Locke names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Locke 1ok, John (1632-1704)
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
1ok, John (1632-1704), an English philosopher. He was born a Puritan. He was educated at Oxford and later in life he joined the English Church. He received his master's degree in 1658 and three years later he was made a lecturer in Greek rhetoric and philosophy. He was inclined to social life, particularly the society of a select company of witty, pleasant people. In 1667 he attracted the attention of Lord Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury, a prominent figure at the court of Charles II. Locke removed to London and became Ashley's private secretary. The frequent changes at court during the last years of the Stuart family drove Locke into practical banishment more than once. Four years he spent in France; another considerable period of time was spent in Holland. He returned to England in the wake of William III. Locke's reputation rests on a treatise called an Essay Concerning Human Understanding. He gave it to his publisher in the year 1689, receiving about $150 for the manuscript. It is a careful investigation of the distinction between knowledge and belief, and the consideration of the grounds on which we may rest assured that we really know. In simple language, it is an argument for a reliance upon common sense. He held that, in higher matters, each person should adhere to what to him seems proper, and not take another's word for it. "I can no more know anything by another man's understanding than I can see by another man's eyes. Knowledge is a treasure which cannot be lent or made over to another."
Locke JOHN, an English philosonovels whi to attain publicity critics but pher
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, an English philosonovels whi to attain publicity critics but pher; born in Wrington, in Somerset- Marcus Ordeyne " in the public. shire, in 1632. He was educated at followed in the next licity wad Westminster and Christchurch College, known book, " The Oxford. In 1666 he was introduced to yne in 1 This was followed by The next ye Lord Ashley, afterward Earl of Shaftes- " Simon the Jester, " "The Beloi bury, and when in 1672, Lord Shaftesbury was appointed lord-chancellor, he ris, " 1913; " The 1914; " Jaffery, " 1915. wed by "S ester," 191 made Locke secretary of presentations, and at a later the most widely read The Fort period, secretary to the Board of Trade. On his patron retirnovelists. 1915. y read of ing to Holland, to avoid a state prosecu- LOCKER - LAMPSON tion, Locke accompanied him. The an English versifier; English envoy demanded Locke of the served some years as MPSON, Admiralty office, and sifier; bor widely known as a ars as préc bright and clever me, and m " London Lyrics " ( as a write are " Lyra Elegantiarum ( er society " Patch - work " ( 1879) 8" (1857) ried a daughter of the who died in 1872; and ter of Sir Curtis added the name of and in Eleanor, his daughter Lampse riage, in 1878 married of Lamp He died May 30, 1895. ighter be arried L
Locke DAVID ROSS, pseudonym PETROLEUM V
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DAVID ROSS, pseudonym PETROLEUM V. NASBY, an American humorist; born in Vestal, Broome co., N. Y., Sept. 20; 1833. He learned the trade of printer. He took charge of the Toledo "Blade" in 1865, and at once became popular as a humorous writer and later as a lecturer. He began his "Nasby" letters in 1860 and continued them throughout the war. They were coltect by profession and lected and published in book form in 1868, under the title of "Swingin' Round was secretary of the British Architects. the Circle" and "Letters from Confederit wrote many novels X-Roads." He died in Toledo, O., Feb. ceived by the critics 15, 1888. tecta. In popular with the public
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Aiton's 1910 account says Locke's "reputation rests" on the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and neither entry so much as names the Two Treatises of Government or the Letter Concerning Toleration — the works that now carry his name in most classrooms, thanks to their influence on the American Declaration of Independence and on modern liberal thought. The life as told here still stands: Wrington 1632, Christ Church, the Shaftesbury connection, exile in Holland, return with William III in 1689. What has moved is the evidence: the Lovelace collection of Locke's own papers, notebooks and drafts reached the Bodleian Library in the 1940s and underpins the Clarendon Edition, which has revised dating and attribution across his writings. The other Locke here, David Ross Locke, whose "Petroleum V. Nasby" letters Lincoln read aloud for pleasure, is now read almost only by historians, his dialect humor having aged out of circulation.
Written for this edition, 2026.