Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Robert Livingston Schuyler
Professor of History
Centurion, 1922–1966
William A. Dunning and Henry Holt
New York (Manhattan), New York
Rochester, New York
Age thirty-nine
Archivist’s Notes
Son of Montgomery Schuyler; brother of Montgomery Schuyler
Century Memorial
When he retired in 1951, Professor Bob Schuyler’s teaching career had extended to forty-five years. His specialty was history of the British Empire and British constitutional history. His knowledge and understanding of all British institutions led many students of government to consult him. During his professorship at Columbia, he was a center of information for all students who were preparing theses in the realm of political science.
Robert Livingston Schuyler was born in New York in 1883. He took his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College in 1903 and his master’s the following year. For five years he taught at Yale, joined the Columbia history faculty in 1910, and became a full professor fourteen years later. Upon his retirement, he was Gouverneur Morris Professor of History. He was formerly president of both the American Historical Association and the New York State Historical Association. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. He is the author of The Fall of the Old Colonial System and The Making of English History.
A member of an old and renowned New York family, Schuyler was also associated with two Century dynasties, the Schuylers and the Livingstons. He was a Centurion for more than half his life.
Roger Burlingame
1967 Century Association Yearbook
