Stephen William White
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Stephen William White son of Emily and David W. White, was the secretary of the Northern Central Railway
as well as a number of other Pennsylvanian railway companies until 1910 when he retired. Today, he is best known for his English translations of Jules Verne
's novels in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
.
Northern Central Railway
The Northern Central Railway was a Class I Railroad connecting Baltimore, Maryland with Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1861, when the PRR acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock to compete with the...
as well as a number of other Pennsylvanian railway companies until 1910 when he retired. Today, he is best known for his English translations of Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
's novels in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph was a newspaper from Philadelphia that ran from 1864 to 1918.-History:The paper was started on January 4, 1864 by Charles Edward Warburton and James Barclay Harding. It passed to Barclay Harding Warburton I. In 1911 Warburton sold the paper to Rodman Wanamaker...
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Biography
- February 1854: entered the Central High School of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 11 February 1858: Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of ArtsA Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from the Central High School - 1858 — 1870: shorthand clerk to the treasurer of the American Sunday School Union, assistant editor of Sunday School Times, and bookkeeper to several importing dry goods and grocery houses.
- 1863: Master of ArtsMaster of Arts (postgraduate)A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
from the Central High School of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (31st class) - 21 September 1865: married Ellen M. Leibert (1 July 1840 — 10 June 1897).
- 1 February 1870 — 1873: worked as private secretary to Jay CookeJay CookeJay Cooke was an American financier. Cooke and his firm Jay Cooke & Company were most notable for their role in financing the Union's war effort during the American Civil War...
until Jay Cooke & CompanyJay Cooke & CompanyJay Cooke & Company was a U.S. bank from 1861 to 1873. It was the first brokerage house to use telegraph messages to confirm with clients the purchase and sale of securities. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it had branches in New York City and Washington, DC...
was bankrupted, following the panic of 1873Panic of 1873The Panic of 1873 triggered a severe international economic depression in both Europe and the United States that lasted until 1879, and even longer in some countries. The depression was known as the Great Depression until the 1930s, but is now known as the Long Depression...
. - 1 January 1875: entered the service of the Pennsylvania RailroadPennsylvania RailroadThe Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
as assistant secretary of the Northern Central RailwayNorthern Central RailwayThe Northern Central Railway was a Class I Railroad connecting Baltimore, Maryland with Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1861, when the PRR acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock to compete with the... - 26 September 1877: promoted to secretary of the Northern Central Railway
- 1 September 1880: elected Secretary of the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad
- 1 February 1881: elected Assistant Secretary of the Pennsylvania CompanyPennsylvania CompanyThe Pennsylvania Company was a major holding company, owning and operating much of the Lines West territory of the Pennsylvania Railroad, including the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, the PRR's main route to Chicago. It also owned but did not operate the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago...
and of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway - 9 March 1881: elected clerk of the Girard Point Storage Company
- 1 July 1884: elected Secretary of the Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad
- 23 September 1885: elected Assistant Secretary of the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
- 31 December 1886: elected Secretary of the Elmira and Lake Ontario RailroadElmira and Lake Ontario RailroadThe Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad was a subsidiary of the Northern Central Railway and later the Pennsylvania Railroad, formed to give the Northern Central an outlet for coal traffic on Lake Ontario.-Horseheads–Canandaigua:...
- 18 September 1890: elected Assistant Secretary of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
- 5 February 1892: elected Secretary of the Allegheny Valley Railway
- 1 August 1910: retirement at the age of 70
Translations
- Julius Hoffmann, Grandfather's Darling: A Tale , Hoffman & Morwitz, 1872
- Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
, A Fancy of Doctor OxDr. Ox's Experiment"Dr. Ox's Experiment" is a short story by the French writer and pioneer of science-fiction, Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox and his assistant Gedeon Ygene. A prosperous scientist Dr. Ox offers to build a novel gas lighting system to an unusually stuffy...
, first published in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph on 20 June 1874, then reprinted as a 124 page book (A Fancy of Doctor Ox; and, The Tour of the World in Eighty Days) later that year. - Jules Verne, The Tour of the World in Eighty Days , first published in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph from 27 June 1874 to 17 July 1874, then reprinted as a 124 page book (A Fancy of Doctor Ox; and, The Tour of the World in Eighty Days) later that year.
- Jules Verne, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth , first published in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph from 12 September 1874 to 5 October 1874, then reprinted as a book (A Journey to the Centre of the Earth; And, A Winter's Sojourn in the Ice) later that year.
- Jules Verne, A Winter’s Sojourn in the Ice , first published in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph from 6 October 1874 to 10 October 1874, then reprinted as a book (A Journey to the Centre of the Earth; And, A Winter's Sojourn in the Ice) later that year.
- Jules Verne, Mysterious IslandThe Mysterious IslandThe Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is...
, first published in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph in 1876, then reprinted as a 198 page book (The Mysterious Island; With a Map of the Island and a Full Glossary) later that year.