Wainwright
Wainwright names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Wainwright RICHARD, an American naval officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
RICHARD, an American naval officer, born in Washington, in 1849. He was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868, having previously served in the Civil War as ensign. He was promoted to be lieutenant commander in 1894, commander in 1899, captain in 1903, and rear admiral in 1908. He served in various bureaus and in command of several vessels, and from 1887 to 1890 was on duty at the Naval Academy. In 1896- 1897 he was chief of the Intelligence Office and was executive officer of the Maine until she was blown up at Havana harbor, on February 15, 1898. During the Spanish-American War he took part in the destruction of Admiral Cervera's squadron off Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1898. For his service in this and other engagements, he was advanced ten numbers in rank. From 1900 to 1902 he was superintendent of the United States Academy. He was a member of Naval Aca the General Board, from 1904 to 1907. He commanded the 2d division of the Atlantic Fleet in 1908-1909, and of the 3d division, in 1909-1910. In the latter year he was appointed aid for operations to the Secretary of the Navy. He was retired by operation of the law in the following year.
Wainwright JONATHAN MAY- HEW, an American clergyman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JONATHAN MAY- HEW, an American clergyman; born of American parents in Liverpool, England, Feb. 24, 1793; was graduated at Harvard College in 1812; studied theology and was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1818; settled in New York City in 1819; and was there rector of Grace Church in 1821-1834. Three years later he was made assistant in charge of St. John's Chapel, and remained there till November, 1852, when he was consecrated provisional bishop of New York. He was one of the founders of the University of New York, and was deemed one of the most eloquent pulpit orators of his time. His publications include "Four Sermons on Religious Eduons on the Church" cation" (1829); ); "Lessons (1835); "The Pathway and Abiding ord, Illustrated in the Places of Our Lord, Journal of a Tour Through the Land of Promise" (1851); "The Land of Bondage: being the Journal of a Tour in Egypt" (1852); etc. He died in New York City, Sept. 21, 1854.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Richard Wainwright was still living when Collier's went to press in 1921; he died in Washington in 1926 and is buried at Arlington, and the Navy has since named several destroyers USS Wainwright after the family's officers. The central event of his career has also been reinterpreted: Collier's simply records that the Maine "was blown up at Havana harbor" on February 15, 1898, whereas a 1976 study directed by Admiral Hyman Rickover concluded the likeliest cause was a coal-bunker fire igniting the adjacent magazine rather than an external mine, and the question remains contested. The entry on Bishop Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, dead since 1854, stands as written, though the "University of New York" he helped found is now known as New York University.
Written for this edition, 2026.