Tupper
Tupper names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Tupper SIR CHARLES, a Canadian statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR CHARLES, a Canadian statesman; born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, July 2, 1821; studied medicine in Edinburgh University and practiced his profession in his native town. He was president of the Canadian Medical As pre sociation, 1867-1870. In 1855 he was made a member of the provincial legislature and was prime minister of Nova Scotia in 1864-1867. He warmly advocated the formation of the Dominion of Canada, which took place in 1867, and became a member of Sir John A. Macdonald's cabinet in 1870; became minister of public works in 1878; and in 1879-1884 vas minister of railways and canals. While filling the latter office he pronoted the construction of the great Canadian Pacific railway. In 1884 he was appointed High Commissioner for Canada in London. He was one of the negotiators of the fisheries treaty with the United States in 1887-1888, and was as created a baronet in the latter year for his services in that matter. In 1895 he represented Canada at the International London. He died Railway Conference in in 1915.
Tupper MARTIN FARQUHAR, an English poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARTIN FARQUHAR, an English poet; born in London, England, July 17, 1810; was educated at the Charterhouse and under private tutors, and at 19 went to Christ Church, Oxford. A stammer hindered him from taking orders, so, after graduating in 1831, he entered Lincoln's Inn, and in 1835 was called to the bar. But a single will and marriage settlement was his first and last exploit in the way of law. Of his various works, 40 in number, one "Pro- Philosophy " ( 1838-1867), brought and his publisher profit of "something like $50,000 apiece." A friend "whose ambition it was to be Tupper's Boswell" predeceased him; but from his own huge "archives" he compiled "My Life as an Author" (1886) — a curious self-study of a poet. He died in Albury, his Surrey home, Nov. 29,
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Both men were dead when Collier's compiled these notices in 1921, and the biographical facts have held up. What Collier's oddly leaves out of the Canadian entry is that Sir Charles Tupper served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1 May to 8 July 1896 "the shortest tenure in the country's history, and the fact he is now best remembered for; he remains the last Father of Confederation to hold the office. Martin Farquhar Tupper's "Proverbial Philosophy," whose vast sales Collier's dutifully reports, went out of fashion even faster than his reputation, and his name has since become a standing byword for pious Victorian banality rather than for poetry; he died in 1889.
Written for this edition, 2026.