Publisher
Centurion, 1896–1944
Born 11 March 1864 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 1 March 1944 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Joseph W. Harper, Henry Drisler, and J. Howard Van Amringe
Elected 7 November 1896 at age thirty-two
Archivist’s Note: He survived the sinking of RMS Titanic; cf. Francis Davis Millet.
Century Memorial
Henry Sleeper Harper. [Born] 1864. Publisher. Grandson of one of the founders of Harper and Brothers and associated with that house for many years; elected to the Century in 1896 and thus a member for 48 years, the longest term on this roll [of 1944 decedents].
Geoffrey Parsons, Secretary
Annual Meeting Necrology, 11 January 1945