Russell
Russell names 10 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Russell JOHN, EARL RUSSELL
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, EARL RUSSELL, K.G., an English statesman, third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford; born in London, August 18, 1792. Educated at Edinburgh University, he entered Parliament in 1813 before attaining his majority. In 1819 he made his first motion in favor of parliamentary reform, of which through life he was the champion. Though temporarily unseated in 1826, owing to his advocacy of Catholic Emancipation, he carried a motion in 1828 against the Test Acts and thus led to their repeal. In 1831 he was paymastergeneral in Lord Grey's administration, and introduced the first Reform Bill to the House of Commons. He was home secretary from 1835-1839, when he be came colonial secretary. From 1841 till 1845 he led the opposition against Peel, with whom, however, he was in sympathy on the Corn Law question; and when Peel resigned in 1846 Russell formed a ministry and retained power till February, 1852. He re-entered office in December, 1852, as foreign secretary under Lord Aberdeen, and in 1855 became colonial secretary in Lord Palmerston's cabinet. He represented Great Britain at the Vienna conference, but resigned office in July of the same year. In 1859 he became foreign secretary, the Trent affair with the United States occurring while he was in office. In 1861 he was raised to the peerage, and in 1865 succeeded Lord Palmerston in the leadership of the Liberal party; but when his new reform bill was rejected in 1866 he went out of office. He was the author of numerous books and pamphlets, including lives of Thomas Moore, Lord William Russell, and Charles Fox, and "Recollections and Suggestions" (1813- 1873), published in 1875. He died in 1878.
Russell LILLIAN (MRS
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LILLIAN (MRS. ALEX- , tress, born in Clinton, Iowa, in 1861. She studied vocal and violin music in Chicago, and grand opera under Leopold Damrosch. Her first appearance on the stage was made in 1879 as a member of the chorus of a "Pinafore" company. Somewhat later she appeared as a ballad singer at Pastor's Theater, New York, at which time she first used the stage name of "Lillian Russell," her real name being Leonard. Until 1899 she sang at the Casino Theater, New York. For several seasons she was one of the most successful members of Weber & Field's Stock Company, joining later, as prima donna, the McCaull Opera Company, and organized, still later, her own company with which she appeared with great suc cess both in England and the United States. She has also made frequent appearances on the vaudeville stage, where her lecture, "How to Live a Hundred Years," became well known. During the World War she took an active interest in Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns.
Russell HOWARD HYDE, an American clergyman and publisher
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HOWARD HYDE, an American clergyman and publisher, born at Stillwater, Minn., in 1855. He studied at Griswold College and graduated from the law department of Indianola College, in 1878, practicing law for 5 years. He served as superintendent of schools in Adams co., Iowa. In 1885 he was ordained to the Congregational ministry and was pastor of missions and churches in Kansas City and Chicago. In 1893 he founded the Anti-Saloon League in Ohio and was its superintendent for the four years following. He was also one of the organizers and the first superintendent of the National Anti-Saloon League in America. He was chairman of the executive committee of the League from 1903 to 1909, and served also in various executive capacities in that organization. He founded the Lincoln-Lee Legion and was a founder and the first American president of the World League Against Alcoholism. He wrote "A Lawyer's Examination of the Bible" (1893), and many pamphlets and articles against liquor traffic.
Russell ANNIE, an American actress
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ANNIE, an American actress, born in Liverpool, England, 1869. She made her first appearance at the age of 7 in Montreal. Somewhat later she was a member of a juvenile "Pinafore" company in New York. After touring in South America, she returned to the United States, and became a member of the Madison Square Theatre Company. Her first great success was scored as "Esmeralda." Beginning with 1895 she appeared in many stellar rôles in "Mice and Men," "Major Barbara," etc. She was also very successful in the interpretation of Shakespearian characters, such as "Puck" in "Midsummer Night's Dream," etc., as well as in a number of other classical plays, including Sheridan's "Rivals" and "School for Scandal" and Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer." At various times she also appeared with considerable success in London.
Russell CHARLES EDWARD, an American journalist and author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES EDWARD, an American journalist and author, born at Davenport, Iowa, in 1860. He was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy, and for several years was engaged in newspaper work. He was a student of Socialism and one of the most prominent Socialists in the United States up to the entrance of the United States in the World War, when he withdrew from the regular Socialist Party organization. He was Socialist candidate for governor of New York in 1910 and 1912. In 1917 he was a member of the diplomatic mission sent to Russia by the United States and in 1919 was a member of the President's Industrial Commission. His writings include "Business, the Heart of the Nation" (1911); "Unchained Russia" (1918); "After the Whirlwind" (1919); "Bolshevism and the United States" (1919).
Russell GEORGE W., an Irish poet and writer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE W., an Irish poet and writer, born in 1867. His chief literary work was done under the initials "AE." For a time he studied art, but abandoned this to devote himself to the Celtic movement and the economic improvement of Ireland. Some of his poetry is of great beauty. He was one of the chief figures in the Irish literary revival. His published works include "Homeward: Songs by the Way" (1894); "The Earth Breath and Other Poems" (1897); "The Spirit of England" (1915); and "Collected Poems" (1915). He also wrote several dramas in prose. The most notable of these was "Deirdre," which was performed by the Irish National Theater Society.
Russell GEORGE WILLIAM ER- SKINE, an English public official and writer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE WILLIAM ER- SKINE, an English public official and writer, born in London in 1853. He was educated at Harrow and at University College, Oxford. He was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal from Aylesbury, from 1880 to 1885, and from North Bedfordshire from 1892 to 1895. From 1892 to 1894 he was Under-Secretary of State for India and was Under-Secretary of the Home Department in 1894-1895. He wrote "A Life of Gladstone" (1891); two series of memoirs entitled "Collections and Recollections" (1898); "Sydney Smith" (1905); and "The Spirit of England" (1915).
Russell BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM, a British author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM, a British author. He was born at Trelleck in 1872 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Later he became Lecturer and Fellow of the same college. He has written and traveled much, and articles written by him on Sovietism after a visit to Russia in 1920 attracted attention. His works include: "German Social Democracy," "Essay on the Foundations of Geometry," "Philosophy of Leibnitz," "Principles of Mathematics," "Philosophical Essays," "Problems of Philosophy," "Principia Mathematica," "Principles of Social Reconstruction," "Mysticism and Logic," "Roads to Freedom."
Russell COUNTESS, a British writer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
COUNTESS, a British writer. daughter of H. Herron Beauchamp, and She was born in England, the married 1st, Count Henning August Ar nim (d. 1910), and 2nd, in 1916, Earl Russell. Her works include: "Elizabeth and Her German Garden," "The Solitary Summer," "The April Baby's Book of Tunes," "The Benefactress," "The Adventures of Elizabeth in Ruegen," "The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight," "Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther," "The Caravaners," "Priscilla Runs Away," "The Pastor's Wife," "Christopher and Columbus."
Russell ISAAC FRANKLIN, an American jurist and educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ISAAC FRANKLIN, an American jurist and educator, born at Hamden, Conn., in 1857. He graduated from the New York University in 1875, and from 1881 was professor of political science at that university. He served as chief justice of the Court of Special Sessions in New York, from 1910 to 1916. He contributed many articles on law to law journals and to encyclopædias.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught several of these Russells at the very end of their careers. Lillian Russell, still touring with a vaudeville lecture titled "How to Live a Hundred Years," died in 1922, the year after this entry appeared, aged about sixty; Annie Russell, praised here as Shaw's first Major Barbara, retired to teaching in Florida, where a theatre bearing her name opened in 1932. Howard Hyde Russell's Anti-Saloon League had just seen national Prohibition take effect, and its collapse after repeal in 1933 left him a figure of interest chiefly to historians, while Charles Edward Russell, the muckraker who broke with the Socialist Party over the war, went on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1928 for his life of the conductor Theodore Thomas. The greatest reversal is one the page cannot show: Earl Russell, the Reform Bill premier, is now most often introduced as the grandfather of Bertrand Russell, who was alive and notorious in 1921 and who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.
Written for this edition, 2026.