Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
George F. Canfield
Lawyer
Centurion, 1912–1933
Proposed by
Joseph H. Choate and Charles S. Fairchild
Joseph H. Choate and Charles S. Fairchild
born
August 21, 1854
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
November 15, 1933
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
April 6, 1912
Age fifty-seven
Age fifty-seven
buried
Saint Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery,
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
seconder of
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Century Memorial
During more than twenty years, George Folger Canfield had conducted as its president the affairs of the State Charities Aid Association. This public service followed nearly four decades in the professorship of law at Columbia and eleven years of private legal practice. In his work for charity he succeeded Joseph H. Choate; each of these fellow-Centurions gave the best of himself to this kindly public duty. His legal knowledge, equally with his executive capacity, made him a notable citizen of his period.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1934 Century Association Yearbook
