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John R. G. Hassard

Critic/Editor

Centurion, 1875–1888

Full Name John Rose Greene Hassard

Born 4 September 1836 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 18 April 1888 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York

Proposed by Whitelaw Reid, John Hay, Edmund C. Stedman, and Richard H. Stoddard

Elected 6 November 1875 at age thirty-nine

Seconder of:

Century Memorial

John R. G. Hazard [sic: Hassard] and Thomas McElrath were prominent in journalism, and assisted to maintain a high standard in their profession.

Henry E. Howland
1889 Century Association Reports