Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
George William Douglas
Clergyman
Centurion, 1887–1926
Proposed by
Henry Codman Potter and Frederick Sheldon
Henry Codman Potter and Frederick Sheldon
born
July 8, 1850
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
October 21, 1926
Tuxedo Park, New York
Tuxedo Park, New York
elected
December 3, 1887
Age thirty-seven
Age thirty-seven
buried
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Bronx, New York
Bronx, New York
proposer of
seconder of
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 10, Leaf 11
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Century Memorial
During twenty-two years, George William Douglas had performed the duties of Canon at our Cathedral of St. John. He was a preacher in whom spiritual insight was combined with learning; he had in fact prepared for his work by two years of study at Bonn and Oxford. His qualities won him numerous invitations to assume larger responsibilities elsewhere than at New York, notably when he was urged to take the Presidency of Hobart College. But Dr. Douglas would not leave his work in the ministry or his New York associations.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1927 Century Association Yearbook
