Ryan
Ryan names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Ryan THOMAS FORTUNE, an American financier
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THOMAS FORTUNE, an American financier. He was born in Nelson co., Va ., in 1851, and after receiving his preliminary education began his business career in 1868 in a Baltimore dry goods house. He entered Wall Street in 1870 and became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1874. He afterward became interested in the consolidation and extension of street railway and lighting systems in New York, Chicago, and other cities, and in the reorganization of various railways in the South, coal properties in Ohio and West Virginia and railways in Ohio. He purchased the controlling interest in the stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and in 1908 retired as officer or director in more than 30 corporations in which he was controlling factor. He was a delegate from Virginia to the Democratic National Convention in 1904.
Ryan PATRICK JOHN, an American Roman Catholic prelate
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PATRICK JOHN, an American Roman Catholic prelate; born in Thurles, Ireland, Feb. 20, 1831. He was ordained deacon in 1853, completing his studies in St. Louis, Mo., and raised to the priesthood in 1854. In 1872 was elected coadjutor archbishop of St. Louis. His administration was energetic and successful. He was promoted archbishop in 1883 and in 1884 transferred to the see of Philadelphia. He wrote: "What Catholics do not Believe," "The Causes of Modern Religious Skepticism." He died Feb. 11, 1911.
Ryan JAMES, American Roman Catholic bishop
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES, American Roman Catholic bishop, born, 1848, in Thurles co., Tipperary, Ireland. He was brought to the United States in childhood and was educated to the priesthood in the seminaries of St. Joseph, and St. Thomas. He was professor in St. Joseph's Seminary, and afterward served as pastor in several churches. He was consecrated bishop of Alton, Ill., in 1888.
Ryan MARAH ELLIS, an American novelist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARAH ELLIS, an American novelist, born in Butler co., Pennsylvania, in 1866. Her novels, chiefly of southern scenes, include "Told in the Hills" (1890); "The Bond-Woman" (1899); "Indian Love Letters" (1907); "The Woman of the Twilight" (1913); "The House of the Dawn" (1914); and "Treasure Trail" (1919).
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's compiled these four Ryans in 1921, three were still living. Thomas Fortune Ryan, described as having retired in 1908 from more than thirty corporations, had already sold his contested Equitable Life holding to J. P. Morgan in 1910; he died in 1928, and modern accounts dwell rather more than Collier's does on his part in King Leopold II's Congo rubber concessions. Bishop James Ryan died in 1923, the same year his see of Alton was transferred and renamed the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, so the title Collier's gives him no longer exists. Marah Ellis Ryan died in 1934; her birth year is now usually given as 1860 rather than 1866, and she is read today less for "southern scenes" than for her sympathetic, if romanticised, writing on Hopi and other Native American life.
Written for this edition, 2026.