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William Kendall Gillett

Professor, New York University

Centurion, 1912–1914

Born 16 May 1860 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 28 September 1914 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Arthur C. McGiffert and Henry W. Taft

Elected 6 April 1912 at age fifty-one

Century Memorial

William Kendall Gillett, Professor of Romance Languages in New York University, a man deeply esteemed for his character and ability

Henry Osborn Taylor
1915 Century Association Yearbook