Clergyman
Centurion, 1899–1935
Born 9 April 1848 in Ballston, New York
Died 9 March 1935 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Frank Drisler and Charles Comfort Tiffany
Elected 4 March 1899 at age fifty
Century Memorial
William Montague Geer had for thirty years served in St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Parish, first as assistant minister, then as vicar, and since his retirement in 1918 had continued to officiate in much of the church’s work. Dr. Geer was described by his colleagues as a clergyman of “high ideals, perseverance in right living and right teaching, consistency, energy, courage and courtesy.” He was not always a ready talker, but the Century reading-room company came to recognize instantly the tall figure with the bushy beard and friendly manner, always installed in an easy-chair beside the magazines.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1936 Century Association Yearbook
