Noyes
Noyes names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Noyes ALFRED, English poet and writer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALFRED, English poet and writer; born in Staffordshire, Staffo Sept. 16, 1880. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford. Began literary work, devoting himself especially to the study and writing of poetry. Contributed verse and critical articles to the leading English and American reviews. In 1907 he married Gertrude, daughter of Col. B. C. Daniels, U. S. A. Delivered course of lectures at chemistry. Edited "Review of American Lowell Institute in 1913 on the subject of "The Sea in English Poetry." Honored by Yale with the degree of Litt. D. His verse on heroic and patriotic subjects is regarded by the leading critics as among the best of his generation. His ALFRED NOYES published works are: "The Loom of Years" (1902); "The Flower of Old Japan", (1903-verse); "Forest of Wild Thyme" (1905); "Drake" (1908-an English epic). He wrote a life of William Morris, for "English Men of Letters" series (1908); "Collected Poems" (1910); "Robin Hood" (1912); "Tales of the Mermaid Tavern" (1912); "The Wine Press and Roda" (1914); A Belgian Christmas Eve" (1915); "A Salute to the Fleet"; "The New Morning" edited "The Magic Casement" (1908); and "Book of Princeton Verse, (1916).
Noyes ARTHUR AMOS, American chemist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ARTHUR AMOS, American chemist; born at Newburyport, Mass., 1866. Graduated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1886; studied at University of Leipsic (Ph. D. 1890), instructor 1890-1894; associate professor 1894- 1899; professor of theoretical chemistry after 1899; director of research laboratory of physical chemistry, 1903-1907; after 1909 acting president. His researches have supplied mo most of our knowledge on the subject of physical Chemical Research," 1895-1901; President American Chemical Society, 1904. His books include: "Course of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis of Inorganic Substances" (1895); "General Principles of Physical Science" (1902); "Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions" (1907); "Common Principles of Chemistry" (1916).
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught both men mid-career in 1921 and, in the poet's case, missed the poem that would outlive everything else on its list: "The Highwayman" (1906) is now virtually the only Alfred Noyes anyone reads, while "Drake" and "Tales of the Mermaid Tavern" have faded. Noyes went on to teach at Princeton, convert to Roman Catholicism in 1927, attack literary modernism (notably Joyce's "Ulysses"), lose his sight in later life, and die on the Isle of Wight in 1958 with his critical standing far below the "among the best of his generation" verdict recorded here. Arthur Amos Noyes, described as MIT's acting president, left Massachusetts for California about the time this entry appeared and spent the rest of his life building the California Institute of Technology's chemistry programme, where he mentored Linus Pauling; he died in 1936. Caltech's Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics carries his name.
Written for this edition, 2026.