Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
J. G. Chapman
Illustrator
Centurion, 1847–1876
born
December 3, 1808
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
died
November 28, 1889
New York (Brooklyn), New York
New York (Brooklyn), New York
elected
January 13, 1847
Age thirty-eight
Age thirty-eight
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 1
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Available Digital Resources
The Origin and History of ‘The Century’
In “The Origin and History of ‘The Century’” (1856), John H. Gourlie reports that it was Chapman who first suggested the formation of the Century.
