Literary Amateur
Centurion, 1895–1916
Born 2 June 1851 in New Rochelle, New York
Died 8 June 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by Adolph W. Callisen and John MacMullen
Elected 4 May 1895 at age forty-three
Century Memorial
Charles Pryer was interested in printing and publishing, but was better known as a banker and yachtsman. For he was a director of the National City Bank, a Commodore of the New Rochelle Yacht Club and the Corinthian fleet; and had written a History of American Yachting. He collected coins and armor, and had fine knowledge of the Arts involved. A descendant of Huguenots, he sought to keep their traditions before men’s minds.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook