Maurice
Maurice names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Maurice PRINCE OF ORANGE AND COUNT OF NASSAU, son of William the Silent
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PRINCE OF ORANGE AND COUNT OF NASSAU, son of William the Silent; born in Dillenburg, Prussia, Nov. 13, 1567. After his father's assassination in 1584, the provinces of Holland and Zealand, and afterward Utrecht and the others, elected him their stadtholder. A great portion of the Netherlands was still in the hands of the Spaniards; but, under the leadership of Maurice, the Dutch, aided by an English contingent under the Earl of Leicester and Sir Philip Sidney, rapidly wrested cities and fortresses from their enemies. In 1590 Breda, and in 1591 Zutphen, Deventer, Nimeguen, and other places fell into their hands, in 1593 Geertruidenberg, and in 1594 Groningen. In 1597 he defeated the Spaniards at Turnhout in Brabant, and in 1600 won a splendid victory at Nieuwpoort. Then for more than three years he baffled all the power of Spain by his defense of Ostend. Finally, in 1609, Spain was compelled to acknowledge the United Provinces as a free republic. But from this time keen dissension grew up between the Orange party, who favored the Gomarists, and the Remonstrants or Arminians, who found their chief supporters in aristocratic republicans, like Olden Barneveldt. The former emerged victors from the struggle, and Maurice at once (1621) renewed the war with Spain. He died in The Hague, April 23, 1625.
Maurice SIR FREDERICK B., English major-general
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR FREDERICK B., English major-general; born in 1871. Entered the army in 1892; made a captain in 1899; brevetted major in 1900; major, 1911; lieut.-col., 1913; brev.col., 1915; major-gen., 1916. Was appointed a general staff officer second grade in 1908. Served at Tirah in 1897-1898, and was awarded medal with two clasps. In the South African War was mentioned in dispatches and won the Queen's Medal. In the World War of 1914-1918 became director of military operations. Imperial General Staff 1915-1916, decorated Commander of the Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, etc. Author of "Russo-Turkish War" 1877-1878; "Sir Frederick Maurice: A Record"; "Forty Days in 1914"; "The Last Four Months"; contributed to Cambridge Modern History.
Maurice FREDERICK DENISON, an English philosopher
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FREDERICK DENISON, an English philosopher; born in Nor manston, England, Aug. 29, 1805. He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford; became Professor of Theology in King's College, London (1846); edited the "Educational Magazine" (1839-1841); was one of the founders of Queen's College, London (1848). He wrote: "Eustace Conway" (1834), a novel; "Ancient Philosophy" (1850); "Theological Essays" (1853); "Mediæval Philosophy" (1857); "Modern Philosophy" (1862); etc. He died in London, England, April 1, 1872.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 entry on Sir Frederick B. Maurice lists his medals and stops discreetly short of the episode he is now chiefly remembered for: in May 1918 he wrote to the newspapers accusing Lloyd George of misleading Parliament about British troop strength in France, triggering the "Maurice debate" in the Commons and ending his own army career. He went on to a long second life as a military historian, principal of Queen Mary College and president of the British Legion, dying in 1951. Maurice of Nassau's standing has risen rather than fallen: since Michael Roberts's 1955 lecture on the "military revolution", his drill reforms and volley-fire tactics have been treated as a turning point in European warfare, not just a run of sieges won. Collier's calls F. D. Maurice simply "an English philosopher" and omits both his 1853 dismissal from King's College over the Theological Essays and his founding of the Working Men's College in 1854 — the Christian Socialism for which he is now best known.
Written for this edition, 2026.