Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Henry Draper
Astrophotographer
Centurion, 1875–1882
Proposed by
Abram S. Hewitt and Charles F. Chandler
Abram S. Hewitt and Charles F. Chandler
born
March 7, 1837
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince Edward County, Virginia
died
November 20, 1882
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
April 3, 1875
Age thirty-eight
Age thirty-eight
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
proposer of
Archivist’s Notes
Brother of John C. Draper
Century Memorial
[T]he list of those deceased includes 12 names, those of the Rev. Henry W. Bellows, Gen’l J. G. Barnard, Henry Draper, Jonathan Edwards, Fred’k E. Gibert, Alexander L. Holley, Thos. Le Clear, Dr. Erskine Mason, Clarkson N. Potter, Dr. James R. Wood, Robert L. Stuart and Edgar S. Van Winkle.
Augustus R. Macdonough
1883 Century Association Reports