Shields
Shields names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Shields JAMES, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES, an American military officer; born in Dungannon , Ireland, in 1810; came to the United States in 1826; became a lawyer ; served through the Mexican War, and was brevetted major-general for gallantry at Cerro Gordo and Chapultepec. He was elected to the United States Senate from Illinois in 1849, and from Minnesota in 1858. When the Civil War broke out, he volunteered and entered the Federal service. He commanded the division which defeated "Stonewall" Jackson near Winchester, March 23, 1862; was defeated in an engagement with the Confederates at Port Republic, June 9, 1862 ; and resigned his commission in 1863. He died in Ottumwa, Ia., June 1, 1879. Clinchdale,
Shields SOUTH, a municipal and parliamentary borough of England
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SOUTH, a municipal and parliamentary borough of England, in the county of Durham, near the mouth of the Tyne, opposite to North Shields, in Northumberland (pop. about 10,000), and communicating with it by steam ferry. The industries comprise glass, earthenware, alkali and chemicals , cordage, steam engine boilers, and chain cables and anchors, besides shipbuilding . The ports of North Shields and South Shields, formed by an expansion of the river into a wide bay, have been greatly improved and deepened by dredging and the construction of piers, and are capable of containing vessels of any size at their quays. Pop. (1919) 116,152. of Tibet; on the Sanpo or Brahmaputra
Shields JOHN KNIGHT, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN KNIGHT, an American public official, born at C Tenn., in 1858. He was privately educated and after studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1879. From 1892 to 1894 he was chancellor of the 12th Chancery Division of Tennessee, and from 1902 to 1910 was associate justice of the Supreme Court. He acted as chief justice from 1910 to 1913. In the latter year he entered the United States Senate. He was re-elected in 1918 .
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's, writing in 1921, missed James Shields's oddest distinction: besides Illinois and Minnesota he was appointed senator from Missouri in January 1879, months before his death, and he remains the only person to have represented three states in the U.S. Senate. He is also remembered now for the duel he nearly fought with Abraham Lincoln in 1842, which the entry passes over. South Shields has changed out of recognition: the glass, alkali, chain-cable and shipbuilding trades listed in 1921 have all gone, the last Tyne yard at South Shields closing in the 1980s, and the population of 116,152 has fallen to roughly 75,000, with the town now part of the borough of South Tyneside rather than a borough of Durham. The parliamentary seat survives, and has been held continuously by Labour since 1935.
Written for this edition, 2026.