Webb
Webb names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Webb SIDNEY, an English socialist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIDNEY, an English socialist, one of the founders of the Fabian Society; born in London , England, July 13, 1859; was educated in Switzerland, Germany, Birkbeck Institute, and City of London College; for some time in the civil service; became a barrister in 1885; lectured on political economy at City of London College, Workingmen's College, and London School of Economics and Political Science. He wrote: "Socialism in England" (1889); "The Eight Hours' Day" (1891), in collaboration with Harold Cox; and "The London Program" (1892). His wife, Beatrice (Potter) , wrote: "The Coöperative Movement in Great Britain," and together they wrote the noted "History of Trades-Unionism in England" and "Industrial Democracy" (1898), "Problems of Modern Industry" appeared in 1898; " English Poor Law Policy" in 1910; " The Prevention of Destitution" in 1911.
Webb ALEXANDER STEWART, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALEXANDER STEWART, an American educator; born in New York City, Feb. 15, 1835; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; commissioned 2d lieutenant in the 4th Artillery; entered the Civil War was major of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry, Sept. 14, 1861; served with distinction and was wounded at Gettysburg; was in the Rapidan and Wilderness campaigns; promoted lieutenantcolonel 49th Infantry, July 26, 1866; transferred to the 5th Infantry, March 15, 1869; brevetted Major-General, U. S. V. and U. S. A.; was discharged at his own request, Dec. 3, 1870. He was president of the College of the City of New York from 1869 to 1903, and wrote: "The Peninsula: McClellan's Campaign of 1862." He died in 1911.
Webb JAMES WATSON, an American military officer and diplomatist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES WATSON, an American military officer and diplomatist; born in Claverack, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1802. He became a lieutenant in the artillery; was made adjutant in 1825, served for a time under General Scott; resigned from the army, in April, 1827, to take up journalism. He was connected with the "Morning Courier, " New York (1827- 1829); "The Morning Courier and New York Enquirer" (1829-1859 ). He was the author of: "Altowan ; or, Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains" (2 vols. 1846 ); "Slavery and its Tendencies" (1856) ; and a pamphlet on "National Currency" (1875). He died in New York City, June 7, 1884.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote this in 1921 Sidney Webb was still just "an English socialist" and Fabian pamphleteer, but he had already drafted the Labour Party's 1918 constitution, including the Clause IV commitment to common ownership that Tony Blair persuaded the party to drop in 1995. Webb went on to sit in Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade in 1924 and Colonial Secretary from 1929, was made Baron Passfield in 1929, and with Beatrice wrote "Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation?" (1935), a defence of Stalin's Russia that has damaged their reputation ever since; he died in 1947 and the couple's ashes were placed in Westminster Abbey. The London School of Economics he helped found in 1895 is now a global university. The other two entries stand: Alexander Stewart Webb, whose brigade held the angle at Gettysburg, received the Medal of Honor for it in 1891 and has a statue on the field; James Watson Webb's Courier and Enquirer was absorbed into the New York World in 1861, after which he served as US minister to Brazil.
Written for this edition, 2026.