Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Ames Van Wart
Sculptor
Centurion, 1870–1927
Proposed by
Pierre M. Irving and George P. Putnam
Pierre M. Irving and George P. Putnam
born
January 20, 1841
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
February 11, 1927
Paris, France
Paris, France
elected
June 4, 1870
Age twenty-nine
Age twenty-nine
buried
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Century Memorial
Ames Van Wart was one of the three oldest resident members of the Century; all of whom, as it happens, entered the Club in the same year, 1870. He had long lost personal touch with the Club, however, having made his home in France for more than a quarter of a century.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook