Watts
Watts names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Watts ISAAC, an English hymnol- July 17
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ISAAC, an English hymnol- July 17, 1674. He studied at a Nonconogist ; born in Southampton, England, formist academy at Newington, London; man to the congregation worshiping in was appointed (1698 ) assistant clerg Mark Lane; some years after (1702) sole clergypastor of the same body. Forced by bodily weakness to resign his charge (1712), he spent the rest of his life at the family seat of Sir Thomas Abney, Abney Park, near London. He wrote "Hymns and Spiritual Songs" (1707); "Divine and Moral Songs for the Use of Children" (1720); "A Manual of Logic" (1725); several volumes of "Sermons," besides other works of less note. As a religious poet Watts has been always widely popular. His hymns are marked by religious fervor and evangelical zeal. Widely separated parties have used them as manuals of Christian devotion, and they have come home to the heart of the English common people in a way that no other devotional lyrics, not even Wesley's or ISAAC WATTS Cowper's have done. The "Logic" of Watts was for long a widely popular book. Though not distinguished by profound metaphysical thought, it is yet a very able treatise. It is plain and practical, vigorous and sensible, and may even yet be read with profit. The works of Watts were published in a collected form first in six then in nine volumes (Lond. 1810-1812). He died in Theobaldo, Herts, England, Nov. 25, 1748.
Watts GEORGE FREDERICK, an land
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE FREDERICK, an land, in 1817. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1837. In 1842 and 1845 he secured prizes of $1,500 and $2,500 from the Commissioners for the Decoration of the Houses of Parliament for his " Caractacus," and "Alfred Inciting the Saxons to Maritime Enterprise"; afterward painting "St. George and the Dragon" in Westminster Palace, and the "School of Legislation" for Lincoln's Inn. Among his more important pictures are: "Life's Illusion" (1849); "The Window Seat and Sir Galahad" (1862); "Ariadne " (1863); "Esau" (1865); "Love and Death" (1877); " Time, Death and Judgment" (1878); "Happy Warrior" ( 1884); "Hope" (1886); "Judgment of Paris" (1887); "The Angel of Death" (1888); and "Fata Morgana" (1889). He was one of the most subtle and powerful of portaitpainters, among his successful work being Tennyson, Millais , Browning, etc. contemporary British art. He became He was perhaps the greatest idealist in R. A. in 1868, and in 1886 presented some pictures to the nation. He died in 1904.
Watts HENRY, an English writer Jan
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY, an English writer Jan. 20, 1815; in 1837 became demonstraon chemistry; born in London, England , tor of Chemistry at University College; librarian to the Chemical Society in 1850; and editor of its "Journal" in 1861. He translated Gmelin's "Manual ical works, but is best known by his "Dicof Chemistry" (18 vols.) and other chemtionary of Chemistry ," based on that of vised ed. by Morley and Muir, 4 vols. Dr. Ure (5 vols. 1863-1868 ; new and re- 1889 et seq.). He died June 30, 1884.
Watts MARY STANBERY, an American novelist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARY STANBERY, an American novelist, born in Delaware county, O., in 1868. She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Cincinnati, and in 1891 married Miles Taylor Watts. Her novels, which for the most part deal with the Middle West, include "The Tenants" (1908); "Nathan Burke" (1910); "The Rise of Jennie Cushing" (1914); "The Boardman Family" (1918); "From Father to Son" (1919). She also wrote many plays, and contributed many short stories to magazines.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 could still call Watts's "Manual of Logic" a treatise that "may even yet be read with profit"; it has long since vanished from teaching, while the hymns the entry praises — "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "O God, Our Help in Ages Past," "Joy to the World" — are still sung weekly across the English-speaking world. George Frederick Watts, described as "perhaps the greatest idealist in contemporary British art," fell sharply out of fashion after his death in 1904, though his purpose-built Watts Gallery at Compton in Surrey was restored and reopened in 2011, and his "Hope" gained new fame in the 2000s as the image behind Barack Obama's phrase "the audacity of hope." Henry Watts's "Dictionary of Chemistry," a standard reference when this was written, was superseded within a generation by Thorpe's and later works. Mary Stanbery Watts, then a living novelist with five books to her name, is now read only by specialists in Midwestern fiction.
Written for this edition, 2026.