William Loring Andrews

Leather Merchant/Collector

Centurion, 1882–1920

Proposed by
Alfred J. Taylor and Robert Hoe III

born September 9, 1837
New York (Manhattan), New York

died March 19, 1920
New York (Manhattan), New York

elected May 6, 1882
Age forty-four

buried Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York

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Member portrait of William Loring Andrews — Member Photograph Albums Collection

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Century Memorial

During half of his long life William Loring Andrews was known to his friends and associates as a prosperous leather merchant in “the Swamp”; during the other half, as an enthusiastic and discriminating collector of rare books, prints, paintings, and porcelains. His collection of Americana achieved deserved celebrity among collectors and amateurs. He was a founder of the Grolier Club and long honorary librarian of the Metropolitan Museum; but his avocations as amateur never prevented the devoting of his time and energy to useful public work.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1921 Century Association Yearbook

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