Schofield
Schofield names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Schofield JOHN M'ALLISTER, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN M'ALLISTER, an American military officer; born in Gerry, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1831; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1853; served on garrison duty in South Carolina and Florida in 1853-1855; was assistant Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy in 1855-1860, and Professor of Physics in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1860-1861. During the Civil War he Civil War he served in the Missouri campaign under ment of the Ohio; took part in the At- General hommanded the Depart lanta campaign; and commanded at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864, for which he was made Brigadier-General and brevet Major-General in the regular army. After the war he became commander of the Division of the Pacific; was Secretary of War in 1868-1869; commanded the army of the United States as senior Major-General; and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1895. He was the author of "Forty-six Years in the Army" (1897). He died March 4, 1906.
Schofield W (ALTER) ELMER
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
W (ALTER) ELMER, an American painter, born at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1867. He studied in Paris under Bouguereau, Ferrier, and Aman- Jean and, returning to America, became a Fellow of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. He is represented in the National Collection of Uraguay; Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington; John Herron Art Gallery, Indianapolis lis; Art Museum, Cincinnati; Pennsylvania ati; Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts; Carneg Arts; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Sebright Art Gallery, Buffalo; Memorial Gallery, Washington; International Exposition, Buenos Ayres, and other permanent collections. He received many prizes and gold medals and was a member of the National Academy, National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Royal Society of British Artists, etc. During the World War he saw service with the British army in France.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 closed the general's life with his 1906 death and his memoir "Forty-six Years in the Army," but the name outlived the man: Schofield Barracks on Oahu, opened in 1909, was named for him because of his 1873 reconnaissance recommending Pearl Harbor as a naval base, and it was strafed alongside Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Collier's also omits the Medal of Honor he received in 1892 for Wilson's Creek. The painter Walter Elmer Schofield, still living and exhibiting when the entry was written, settled in Cornwall and died there in 1944; long a minor name, he is now firmly placed among the Pennsylvania Impressionists, whose canvases have fetched six figures at auction since the 1990s revival of interest in the school.
Written for this edition, 2026.