Newman
Newman names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Newman JOHN HENRY; born in London
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN HENRY; born in London, England, Feb. 21, 1801; was ordained in 1824, and in the following year his friend Dr. Whately having been appointed head of St. Alban's Hall, Newman was by him selected as his vice principal. He was one of the most active in commencing and carrying on the socalled Oxford movement the great object of which was to counteract as well the Romanizing as the dissenting tendencies of the time, by restoring and bringing into notice what Newman and his friends believed to be the catholic character of the English Church. With this view he commenced, in 1833, the series known as the "Oxford Tracts," to which he was himself one of the chief contributors; and in 1838 he also became editor of the "British Critic." In October, 1845, he was admitted into the Roman Catholic Church, a step whicł was immediately followed by the publi cation of a work on the "Developmen of Christian Doctrine." Soon afterward he went to Rome, where, after some preparation, he was admitted to orders in the Roman Catholic Church; and in 1848, on his return to England, he established a branch of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, of which he was himself appointed the superior. In 1852 he was ap appointed rector of the Catholic University established in Dublin; and in 1879 he was made a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. Newman was an opponent of ultramontanism. Among his works written after 1845 were "Callista," a tale; "Apology for my Life," "Essay on Assent," "Histor 'History of Arianism," etc. Several of his hymns are well known, particularly "Lead, Kindly Light." He died Aug. 11, 1890.
Newman ALLEN GEORGE, American sculptor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALLEN GEORGE, American sculptor; born in New York in 1875. Studied at the Academy of Design. Devoted himself almost entirely to monumental work, some of the best examples of which are: "The Triumph of Peace," Atlanta, Ga.; "The Hiker," the figure of a soldier commemorating the Spanish-American war; "Memorial to the Women of the South," Jacksonville, Fla. He has also executed monuments of noted persons: Hendrik Hudson, New York. General Sherman, Scranton, Pa. General Oates, Montgomery, Ala. General Price, Keytesville, Mo.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote this in 1921, John Henry Newman was a cardinal thirty years dead; he has since been raised to the altars, beatified by Benedict XVI at Birmingham in 2010 and canonised by Pope Francis on 13 October 2019 as St John Henry Newman. The "Apology for my Life" Collier's lists is now universally known by its Latin title, Apologia pro Vita Sua, and is read as one of the great autobiographies in English rather than as a controversial pamphlet. Collier's note that he "was an opponent of ultramontanism" still frames modern debate: his 1859 essay on consulting the laity and his stress on conscience were repeatedly invoked at the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Allen George Newman, the sculptor, died in 1940, but his "Hiker" outlived him in dozens of cast replicas standing in towns across the United States.
Written for this edition, 2026.