Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Archibald Alexander
Philosopher/Educator
Centurion, 1881–1917
Proposed by
Frederick A. P. Barnard and W. C. Schermerhorn
Frederick A. P. Barnard and W. C. Schermerhorn
born
October 30, 1855
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
February 15, 1917
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland
elected
April 2, 1881
Age twenty-five
Age twenty-five
proposer of
Century Memorial
Archibald Alexander had occupied the chair of philosophy in Columbia during a dozen years. Adjunct professor of Moral Philosophy in the seventies, he was professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Psychology until his retirement from the field of education in 1889.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1919 Century Association Yearbook