Lawyer
Centurion, 1892–1897
Born 9 February 1850 in Montpelier, Vermont
Died 10 July 1897 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Kensico Cemetery
, Valhalla, New York
Proposed by Henry A. Oakley and Brander Matthews
Elected 6 February 1892 at age forty-one
Century Memorial
Daniel Greenleaf Thompson had a high reputation as a lawyer, but a wider one in the field of letters as a writer upon metaphysical subjects, in which he acquired an extended reputation. Besides contributing largely to the best English and American magazines, he published a number of books and essays, among which were “A System of Psychology,” “The Problem of Evil,” “The Religious Sentiments of the Human Mind,” “Social Progress,” “The Philosophy of Fiction in Literature,” and “Politics in a Democracy,” the latter of which was translated into several languages. He was a friend of Alexander Bain and Herbert Spencer, and as a lecturer his favorite subjects were upon these eminent men. He was a member of many clubs and social organizations, in which he was a leading spirit, and he received high honors from Amherst College, his Alma Mater. He had a clear, strong mind, a generous nature, and was distinguished for his unostentatious kindness to others. His death in the prime of life is sincerely mourned by all who knew him.
Henry E. Howland
1898 Century Association Yearbook