Rowe
Rowe names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Rowe LEO S., an American economist and public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LEO S., an American economist and public official, born in McGregor, Iowa, in 1871. He was educated at the Central High School of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Halle. He also received honorary degrees from several South American universities. From 1895 to 1896 he was instructor in municipal government, from 1896 to 1904 assistant professor of political science, and from 1904 to 1917 professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. to He was a member of the commission revise and compile the laws at Porto Rico (1900-1901); a United States dele- Confergate to the Third International States at Rio Janeiro ence of American (1906); chairman of the United States delegation to the First Pan-American Santiago, Chile Scientific Congress, (1908); a member of the United States- Claims Commission Joint Panama ( 1913); secretary - general of the Pan- American general of mission ( 1915-1917); a delegate to the Second ( 1915); secretary of the American - Mexican Pan-American 1920). eral of the director-general Union. He was a member of many domestic and foreign societies, and wrote: "Report of the Insular Code Commission" (with J. M. Keedy, 8 vols., 1902); and Porto Rico" "The United States (1904); "Problems of City Government" (1908); as well as many reports and articles in economic journals and reviews.
Rowe NICHOLAS, an English dramatist and translator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
NICHOLAS, an English dramatist and translator; born in Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England, June 30, 1674. He was educated at Westminster under Busby, and studied law in the Middle Temple; but early inheriting a small competency by the death of his father, he devoted himself to literature. Between 1700 and 1714 he produced eight plays, of which three were long popular: "Tamerlane" (1702); "The Fair Penitent" (1703); "and "Jane Shore" (1714). The character of Lothario in "The Fair Penitent" was the prototype of Lovelace in Richardson's "Clarissa Harlowe," and indeed the name is still the proverbial synonym for a fashionable rake. Rowe translated Lucan's "Pharsalia." His edition of Shakespeare (6 vols. 1709-1710) at least contributed to the popularity of his author. His comedy, "The Biter" (1705), failed. The Duke of Queensberry made him under-secretary of state; in 1715 he succeeded Tate as poet-laureate; the same year he was appointed one of the surveyors of customs to the port of London; the Prince of Wales made him Clerk of his Council; and the Lord Chancellor Parker clerk of Presentations in Chancery. He died Dec. 6, 1718, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught Leo S. Rowe in 1921 just after he had become director-general of the Pan-American Union; he held that post until his death in Washington in 1946, and two years later the Union was absorbed into the new Organization of American States, whose Washington library is named for him. Nicholas Rowe's standing has shifted the other way round from what the 1921 account suggests: "Tamerlane", "The Fair Penitent" and "Jane Shore" have long since left the working stage, while his 1709 edition of Shakespeare, which Collier's says merely "contributed to the popularity of his author", is now treated as the foundation of modern Shakespeare editing, the first to supply act and scene divisions, lists of characters and a biography of the poet. Lothario, as promised, is still in the dictionary.
Written for this edition, 2026.