The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-28
TEN GREATEST
LIVING men.
Result Of Views Obtained by
the Strand Magazine.
EDISON GETS FIRST HONORS.
Roosevelt Third In Favor-Several
Other Americans Also Named-onIy
English and European Opinions Were
Invited.

English and European Opinions Were
Invited.
America has emerged triumphantly
from a symposium of representative
opinions on the question, "Who are
the ten greatest men now aliveY pub
lished in the Strand Magazine. or
those asked by the magazine to state
! their views not one was an American
only Englishmen and natives of the
! Continental countries of Europe were
included.
! Yet an American received the lar
gest number of votes, another was
third in favor, and seven other Amer
leans were mentioned by at least one
of the prominent men who were QueS.
toned
First honors went to Thomas A. Edi-
son. The next most popular American
WAS Theodore Roosevelt Here is
/ list of the most popular names on the
various lists, arranged according to the
number of votes received by each:
Edison. Kipling. Roosevelt, Marconi,
Lister, Chamberlain. Roberts, William
II. and MetclIniko0.
Owing to vaGuCness in some of the
replies, the tenth place lies between
Lord Rosebcry, Admiral Togo and
Lord Kitchener.
Other Americans appearing on the
lists are President Taft, John S. Sar-
gent, Wilbur Wright, Andrew Car
ne2ie, ]. Pierpont Morgan, Robert E.
Peary and John d. Rockefeller.
Those Who Gave Opinions.
Among those whose opinion was ask
ed were the Right Hon. j. W. Lowther
| NJ. P, speaker of the house of com
mons; Sir Frederick Miner, Clement
X. Shorter, Paul Deschanel, president
of the French senate; Andrew Lang.
W. J. Locke, Sir Charles Cameron
Charles Garvice, Max Pemberton, Sir
Harry Johnston, Jules Claretie, Paul
Leroy -Beaulieu, Paul Hervieu and NJ.
y. Mezarel of the French academy;
Max Beerbohm, Harry de Windt, Mr..
Burdett-Coutts and Miss Braddon.
Most of these submitted complete
lists. Others, however, simply jotted
down a few names of men who they
thought should figure among the ten
greatest men alive without finishing
their lists.
Americans figure strongly in the list
Of the Hon. Mr.. LOwther, who, finding
it too difficult task to make up his
mind as to the ten greatest living men.
put down a list of eighteen, as follows:
Lord Lister, Professor Ellie Metchni-
kof, Lord Kitchener, Lord Rosebery
Joseph Chamberlain, Theodore Roose-
welt, Lord Roberts, G. Marconi, Rud
yard Kipling, Emperor William H.,
Thomas A. Edison, Richard Strauss
Ernest Haeckel, Thomas Hardy, POr
firio Diaz, John S. Sargent, Lord Ray.
leigh and the emperor of Austria.
Sir Frederick Miner chose thus: Jo
seph Chamberlain, Lord Kitchener
Iiipling. Theodore Roosevelt, Louis
Botha, Lord Rosebery, Thomas A. Edi
son and William II.
includes Taft.
NJ. Paul Deschanel put three Amer.
lean names in his list, which is as fol
lows:
Emperor William H., Edison, Togo
Roosevelt, Clemenceau, Ehrlich, Ro
| stand. Wilbur Wright, Rosebery and
BCnnat.
The first word for President Taft
: comes from Sir Charles Cameron, VIII,
also shows partiality for Rockefelicl
and Carnegie, though he does not go Sc
far as to state specifically that they
should figure in list of the ten great
est men.
Harold Bebbies list Is remarkable i.
/ that it does not include Edison, hu'
: Theodore Roosevelt bobs up sercnely
= in it, accompanied by Lord Lister u
Lloyd George, Lord Cromer, Sir Olivel
Lodge and others
Edison and Roosevelt come close t.
gether on the lists of VIII Crooks, NJ
, T., and Charles Garvice. After lookin:
over the latter's list, comprising Metch
J nikOff, Kitchener, Chamberlain, ROOse
= welt, Roberts, Edison, MarcOni, Kipling
2 William IL. and Hardy, William J
I Locke suggests that MetchnikOff, Kitch
ener and William IL. be dropped an'
: the following substituted: j. S. Sargent
T ROStand and Rodm.
e Max Pemberton objects to Roosevelt
e preferring that Franz Josef of Aus
: tria be put in his place. In fact, h'
l believes that the venerable monarcl
should be on every ones list.
= Roosevelt does not appear on Si
, Harry JohnstOn's list, but Edison does
{ and, lest he feel lonesome among for
eigners, both President Taft and An
a lrew Carnegie.
Claim For Peary.
. Harry de WluGt Is the first TO pu
n forward n claim for Peary, while Mr
e Burdett-COutts excludes him in favo
e of Nansen. The last named list maker
by the way also puts J. Pierpont MOI
gan among his choices, likewise Presi
t dent Taft and Emperor Mutsuhito o
k Japan. Nor is Edison lacking.