Steyn
Steyn names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Steyn MARTINUS THEUNIS "Prussianizing Wisconsin" (1919)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARTINUS THEUNIS "Prussianizing Wisconsin" (1919); "Buck" (1919). STEWART, SAMUEL VERNON, an American public official, born in Monroe co., Ohio, in 1872. He was educated at the Kansas State Normal School and at the University of Kansas, and began the practice of law wat Virginia City, Montana, in 1898. He was city attorney of the town for 5 years, county attorney of Madison co. for 4 years, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee from 1910 to 1912, and governor of Montana for two terms (1913-1921). STEWART, WILLIAM RHINE- LANDER, an American philanthropist, born in New York City, in 1852. He was educated in private schools and at the Columbia University Law School. After practicing law for some years, he retired and devoted his attention entirely to the administration of his family's estates and to works of philanthropy. Appointed State commissioner of charities in 1882, he served continuously with the exception of 4 years, being president of the board since 1904. He organized in 1900 the State Conference of Charities and Corrections and in 1910 the New York City Conference of Charities and Corrections. He was also prominent in the establishment of Letchworth Village, a farm colony for epileptics, of the State Agricultural and Industrial School for Boys, and of various similar institutions. He was chiefly instrumental in securing the funds for the erection of the Washington Arch, Washington Square, New York. He was a member of the 7th Regiment, warden of Grace Church, and a member of numerous scientific and other societies.
Steyn MARTINUS THEUNIS, a Boer statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARTINUS THEUNIS, a Boer statesman; born in Winburg, Orange Free State, Oct. 2, 1857; worked on his father's farm till 1876, when he went to England England to study. He returned to Africa in 1882 and practised law in Bloemfontein till 1889, when he was made second puisne judge and state attorney. Later he became first puisne judge, and in 1896 was chosen president of Orange Free State. For a number of years before his election to the presidency he had been in communication with President Krüger and their close relations finally resulted in the union of the interests of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in their strug- Boer War broke out he took the field in person with the Free State troops. When Great Britain in 1910 federated the Orange Free State and Transvaal as the Union of South Africa, Steyn subscribed to the constitution, but he was believed to favor the rebellion of 1915. He died in 1916.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's, writing in 1921, could still call Steyn a living memory: he had died only five years earlier, in November 1916, and the encyclopedia notes he "was believed to favor the rebellion of 1915" — the Afrikaner revolt against South Africa's entry into the First World War, usually dated 1914-15 today. The state he led is gone twice over: the Orange Free State he governed from 1896 became a province of the Union in 1910, and in 1995, after apartheid ended, it was renamed simply the Free State. Steyn himself is no longer the uncontested hero of the 1921 account; his name and monuments in Bloemfontein have become part of South Africa's argument over Afrikaner nationalist memorials, and the M.T. Steyn statue at the University of the Free State was taken down after student protests. Note that this page has also swept in unrelated Collier's entries for two Americans named Stewart, a transcription mix-up rather than a second Steyn.
Written for this edition, 2026.