Robinson
Robinson names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Robinson WILLIAM JOSEPHUS, an American physician and writer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM JOSEPHUS, an American physician and writer, born at Mount Morris, New York, in 1869. He graduated from the Columbia University College of Pharmacy and from the medical college of New York University, doing post-graduate work at the University of Berlin and Vienna. He was a lecturer on chemistry, pharmacology and materia medica of the Board of Pharmacy Institute, New York, and president of the med ical board and chief of the Genito-Urinary and Dermatological departments of the Bronx Hospital and Dispensary. He was also a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and a member of various domestic and foreign medical societies. Besides being a founder and editor of the "Critic and Guide," and an editor of the "American Journal of Urology," he wrote: "Never Told Tales" (1908); "Sexual Problems of To-day" (1912); "Practical Eugenics" (1912); "Sex Morality" (1912); "Eugenics and Marriage" (1917). ROBINSON CRUSOE. Alexander Selkirk was found in the desert island of Juan Fernandez (1709), where he had been left by Captain Stradling. He had been on the island four years and four months, when he was rescued by Captain Rogers. See SELKIRK.
Robinson JOSEPH TAYLOR, an American lawyer and legislator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOSEPH TAYLOR, an American lawyer and legislator. He was born at Lonoke, Ark., in 1872, and was educated in the public schools and the University of Arkansas. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1895, beginning to practice at Lonoke. In 1895 he became a member of the General As- JOSEPH TAYLOR ROBINSON sembly and in 1896 was nominated presidential elector on the Democratic ticket, but retired at the request of the Democratic National Committee in the interest of fusion to make room for Populists. He was presidential elector in 1900 and electoral messenger in 1901. He represented the sixth Arkansas district in Congress 1903-13, resigning in the last year, to be inaugurated as Governor of Arkansas, to which he had been elected in 1912. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1913 to succeed the Hon. Jeff Davis and was re-elected in 1918.
Robinson JAMES HARVEY, an American writer and lecturer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES HARVEY, an American writer and lecturer, born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1863. He graduated from Harvard University in 1887 and took post-graduate studies in Germany, ROBINS, RAYMOND, an American He was lecturer on European history at and from 1892 to 1919 he was associate professor and professor of history at Columbia University. From 1919 he acted as organizer and lecturer of the New School for Social Research. He was the editor of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and an associate editor of the "American Historical Review." His historical writings include "Readings in European History" (1904-5); "The Development of Modern Europe" (1907); "The New History" (1911); and "Mediæval and Modern Times" (1915).
Robinson EDWARD, an American writer and authority o on art
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDWARD, an American writer and authority o on art, born in Boston in 1858. He graduated from Harvard in 1879, and spent the following five years in study, especially in Greece and in Berlin, devoting his attention chiefly to archæology. From 1895 to 1902 he was curator of classical antiquities in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and was for three years following the latter date director of the museum. He became assistant director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, succeeding Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke as director in 1910. He prepared catalogues and contributed many articles on art and archæological subjects for magazines. He was a member of many learned societies.
Robinson EDWIN ARLINGTON, an American author and poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDWIN ARLINGTON, an American author and poet, born at Head Tide, Me., in 1869. He studied at Harvard University and became a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters through the general recognition of intellectual sincerity sincerity and positive American spirit and theme that appeared alike in his plays and published poems. His first publication was "The Torrent of the Night Before," brought out in 1896. Since then he has published "The Children of the Night"; "Captain Craig"; "Van Zorn," a play, and "The Man against the Sky," and "Merlin," both poems.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught all five men in mid-career in 1921, and the two now best remembered had their largest achievements still ahead. Edwin Arlington Robinson, then known for "The Man against the Sky" and "Merlin," went on to win three Pulitzer Prizes for poetry — in 1922 for his Collected Poems, in 1925 for The Man Who Died Twice, and in 1928 for the best-selling Tristram — before his death in 1935. Joseph Taylor Robinson, described merely as re-elected to the Senate in 1918, became Senate Democratic leader, ran for vice-president on Al Smith's losing ticket in 1928, and died in 1937 while pushing Franklin Roosevelt's Supreme Court-packing bill. James Harvey Robinson's "New History" and his New School for Social Research both outlived him, the school still operating in New York, while Edward Robinson stayed on as director of the Metropolitan Museum until his death in 1931.
Written for this edition, 2026.