Montgomery Schuyler

Journalist

Centurion, 1885–1914

Proposed by
Frederick C. Withers and S. S. Conant

born August 19, 1843
Ithaca, New York

died July 16, 1914
New Rochelle, New York

elected May 2, 1885
Age forty-one

buried Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York

proposer of

seconder of

Archivist’s Notes

Father of Montgomery Schuyler and Robert Livingston Schuyler

Century Memorial

Montgomery Schuyler, a brilliant journalist and a writer on Architecture, became a member of the editorial staff of the World in 1868, and in 1882 joined the Times. He was the Managing Editor of Harper’s Weekly from 1885 to 1887. In late years, he contributed many articles to the Sun and the Architectural Record. In journalism, he belonged to the old school of Raymond and Hurlburt, who were not unmindful of literary grace in their newspaper work. Schuyler’s reading and memory were prodigious, as were his conversational powers. He had a host of friends in The Century, where his genial presence will not be forgotten.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1915 Century Association Yearbook

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