TYSON, STUART LAWRENCE
Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 12
(1873), an American clergyman; b. at Penllyn, Pa., s. of Herbert Benezet and Mary Stuart Tyson. He was educated at Nashotah House, Wis., and St. John’s College, Oxford University, Eng. He became a deacon in 1895 and a priest in 1897 of the P. E, Church and after preaching at Oxford, Eng. and at. various churches in the U.S. became connected with the Cathedral of S¢. John the Divine in 1910 and was hon. historian; 6. Edinburgh; pub. Inquiry, Historical and Critical. His s. Alexander (1747-1813) wrote Outlines or Elements of General History. E.), town, on Tura, Tobolsk, Siberia; terminus of a railway irom Perm, manufactures leather, carpets; active trade. Pop. 1910, 34,400, TZE - HSI, or TSIAN (1834-1908), Dowager Empre of China. She was the dau. of a Manchu military official. She was selected as a girl, by reason of her remarkable beauty, as the wife of the Emperor Hsien-Feng, and on the birth of her s., T’ung-Chi was raised to the rank of Imperial Consort. She was extremely clever, and on the death of the emperor succeeded in having her s. appointed his succe or. He, however, died in 1875 and was succeeded by her nephew, Kwang-Hsu. Throughout his reign she retained power and practically controlled the government. All attempts at reform were effectively suppre ed. She caused the Emperor to be imprisoned in his palace and put to death many reformers. She is believed to have instigated the Boxer uprising in 1900, although she expre ed. great regret at its occurrence. She was a woman of great capacity in statesmanship but was cruel and unscrupulous.
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