Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
John Crerar
Industrialist/Railroad
Centurion, 1858–1889
Proposed by
John H. Gourlie
John H. Gourlie
born
March 8, 1827
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
October 19, 1889
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
elected
January 9, 1858
Age thirty
Age thirty
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
proposer of
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 2, Leaf 41
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Century Memorial
John Crerar was a public-spirited citizen, addicted to literary pursuits, interested in libraries, and left the large fortune he accumulated to the establishment of a public library in the city of Chicago, where he died.
Henry E. Howland
1890 Century Association Yearbook
