Myers
Myers names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Myers CORTLAND (ROOSA)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CORTLAND (ROOSA), clergy- ; man born at Kingston, N. Y., in 1864, he graduated from University of Rochester in 1887 and from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1890, in which year he was ordained a Baptist minister. He was pastor at Syracuse till 1893, at Brooklyn till 1909, and since then at Tremont Temple, Boston . His works include: "The Best Place on Earth"; "American Guns"; "Why do Men Not Go to Church"; "Making a Life"; "Where Heaven Touched the Earth." MYERS, FREDERIC WILLIAM HENRY, an English author; born in Keswick, England, Feb. 6, 1843. He was classical lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1865-1868. He wrote: "St. Paul" (new ed ( 1880),. in 1879 " English), in verse Men; " Wordsworth of " " Renewal of Youth, and Other Poems " " ( 1882); " Essays, Modern and Classical " ( 1883); " Science and a Future Life " a volume of essays; etc. He was a constant contributor to English of age. reviews. He died in 1901.
Myers WILLIAM SHIELDS, chem-
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM SHIELDS, chem- ; born in ist Albany, N. Y., in 1866, he attended the Albany Academy and Rutgers College, studying also at Munich, Berlin, and London. He became assistant chemist at the N. J. Experiment Station, 1888-1889; chemist at the Lister Chemical Works, 1892-1893, and associate professor of chemistry at Rutgers College till 1901. Since 1901 he has been director of the Chilean Nitrate Committee for the U. S. and colonies. He joined with the late Prof. Voorhees in plan for agricultural education in Mexico, accepted by Government. MYNA (Acridotheres or Cuvier), a genus of birds of the family Gracula of Sturnidæ , of which there are seven species ranging over the whole Oriental region and Celebes. The head is more or less crested, and some have a naked space behind and under the eye; the bill is rather short, stout, and the tail is rounded; the feet are strong, compressed; the toes long, and the claws moderately curved.
Myers HENRY L., United States Senator from Montana
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY L., United States Senator from Montana; born in the State of Missouri Oct. 9, 1862, and educated in the public schools of that State. Admitted to the bar in 1885 and practiced law at Boonville and West Plains, Mo., for the succeeding eight years. In 1893 he moved to Montana and from 1899- 1903 was a member of the State Senate. In 1907 he was appointed a United States District Judge; resigned when elected United States Senator in 1911. Senator Myers was the Democratic candidate to succeed himself in 1917, and was elected for the term 1917-1923 .
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 sketch of Frederic W. H. Myers lists his verse and essays but omits what he is remembered for: he coined the word "telepathy" in 1882 and was a founder that year of the Society for Psychical Research, and his two-volume "Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death" appeared in 1903, two years after his death. Today he is read almost entirely as a psychical researcher and early psychologist of the subliminal self rather than as the author of "St. Paul." The three other entries have simply run their course: Henry L. Myers left the Senate at the end of his term in 1923, and the Baptist preacher Cortland Myers ended his long Tremont Temple pastorate and moved on to California. The myna, described here as a genus of seven Oriental species, is now best known worldwide as an aggressive invader, the common myna having spread to Australia, South Africa, Hawaii and beyond.
Written for this edition, 2026.