Terry
Terry names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Terry ELLEN ALICE, an English actress
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ELLEN ALICE, an English actress; born in Coventry, England, Feb. 27, 1848, and made her first appearance on the stage during Charles Kean's Shakespearian revivals in 1858, playing the parts of Mamillius in "The Winter's Tale" and Prince Arthur in "King John." When only 14 she was a member of Mr. Chute's Bristol Company. She reappeared in London, March, 1863, as Gertrude in "The Little Treasure," and till January, 1864, played Hero in "Much Ado About Nothing," Mary Meredith in "Our American Cousin," and other secondary parts. In that year she married Watts, the painter, and left the stage, but reappeared again in October, 1867, in "The Double Marriage" at the New Queen's Theater, London. She afterward joined Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft at the Prince of Wales' Theater, where she acted the part of Portia. On Dec. 30, 1878, she made her first appearance at the Lyceum, and, in conjunction with Mr. Irving, played in the longest runs ever known of "Hamlet," "The Merchant of Venice," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Much Ado About Nothing." She also appeared as Viola in "Twelfth Night," Henrietta Maria in "Charles I.," Camma in Tennyson's tragedy of "The Cup," Ruth Meadows in "Eugene Aram," as Marguerite in W. G. Wills' "Faust" (revived in 1849), as Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth," as Lucy Ashton in "Ravenswood," as Queen Catherine in "Henry VIII.," as Cordelia in "King Lear," as Rosamonde in "Becket" (1893), as Imogen in "Cymbeline" (1896); as Madame Sans-Gêne (1897); and in "Peter the Great" (1898). She accompanied Mr. Irving on his numerous American tours, playing with unprecedented success all over the United States. Her jubilee was celebrated at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1906. She published "The Story of My Life" (1908), and "The Russian Ballet" (1913).
Terry ALFRED HOWE, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALFRED HOWE, an American military officer; born in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 10, 1827; studied law at Yale College and began its practice in 1848. From 1854 to 1860 he was clerk of the Superior and Supreme Courts of Connecticut. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was colonel of a regiment of militia, which was mustered for the United States service in the first call for volunteers with Terry still at its head. In April, 1862, he was made a Brigadier-General of volunteers, and served in the operations about Charleston, and in the siege operations at Forts Wagner and Sumter. He commanded a division in the Virginia campaign of 1864, having command of a corps from May to July. He was in charge of the expedition which captured Fort Fisher in January, 1865, for which he was made a Major-General of volunteers, and Brigadier-General in the regular army, receiving also thanks of Congress. In March, 1865, he was placed in command of the 10th Corps, and in June, of the Department of Virginia. From 1869 to 1872 he was at the head of the Department of the South, and after 1872 had charge of various divisions and departments of the army. In March, 1886, he was promoted to the major-generalship, made vacant by the death of General Hancock, and in the following April took command of the Department of the Missouri. He retired in 1888, and and died in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 16, 1890.
Terry SILAS WRIGHT, an American naval officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SILAS WRIGHT, an American naval officer; born in Kentucky, Dec. 28, 1842; was appointed to the navy in 1858. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was assigned to the "Dale" in the Atlantic Coast Blockading Squadron, in which he served till 1863, when he was transferred to the "Black Hawk," of the Mississippi Squadron. Soon afterward he was placed in command of the transport "Benefit" to carry dispatches and supplies to Admiral Porter; and for gallant service in the execution of this commission he was advanced five numbers and appointed to the staff of Admiral Porter, under whom he served till the close of the war. Afterward he cruised on the "Ticonderoga" in European waters; was executive officer on the flagships "Severn" and "Worcester"; inspector of the Maryland Lighthouse District; and commanded the "Marion," attached to the South Atlantic Squadron. In 1887 he went to Washington, D. C., where he was engaged on board duty till 1892. He was promoted captain in 1893, and during the American-Spanish War commanded the receiving ship "Franklin" at Norfolk. He was made commander of the navy yard at Washington, D. an arguer does ignorance seem to herself acutely develops the thought that Christo be" have become proverbial. "Who tianity responds to the religious necessi C., March 24, 1900; and on March 29, following, was promoted rear-admiral.
Terry HENRY TAYLOR, an American lawyer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY TAYLOR, an American lawyer; born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 19, 1847; was graduated at to Yale College in 1869, and admitted the Connecticut bar in 1872. In 1878 he became Professor of Law at the Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan, but returned to the United States in 1884, and began the practice of his profession in New York city. In 1894 he resumed his chair in the Imperial University. His publications include: "First Principles of Law," "Leading Principles of American Law, "The Common Law," etc.
Terry MILTON SPENSER, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MILTON SPENSER, an American educator; born in Coeymans, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1840; was graduated at Troy University and the Yale Divinity School; held pastorates in various Methodist Episcopal churches in New York eity in 1863-1884; and in 1885 was made Professor of Christian Doctrines in the Garret Biblical Institute, Northwestern University. He was the author of "Commentary on the Old Testament," "Biblical Hermeneutics," "The Sibylline Oracles," "Rambles in the Old World," "Biblical Apocalyptics," etc.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's compiled this in 1921 Ellen Terry was still alive at 73; she was created a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1925 and died at Smallhythe, Kent, on 21 July 1928, her cottage there now open to the public as a museum. Her stage reputation has since been carried on partly by her family: her son was the designer Edward Gordon Craig and her great-nephew the actor John Gielgud. The entry for Alfred Howe Terry is notable for what it leaves out — "charge of various divisions and departments of the army" after 1872 covers his command of the 1876 Dakota expedition, of which Custer's column was part when it was destroyed at the Little Bighorn, the event for which Terry is now best remembered. Note also that the Silas Wright Terry account here has been corrupted in printing, with a stray fragment about Christianity dropped into the middle of a sentence.
Written for this edition, 2026.