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Henry Root Goodnow

Mathematician

Centurion, 1910–1925

Born 18 January 1857 in New York (Brooklyn), New York

Died 2 May 1925 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Proposed by Henry Evertson Cobb and Winston H. Hagen

Elected 5 March 1910 at age fifty-three

Archivist’s Note: Brother of Frank J. Goodnow

Century Memorial

Graduating with high honors from Amherst College, Henry Root Goodnow occupied the chair of mathematics at his Alma Mater until his retirement from active pursuits. Not perhaps widely acquainted among his fellow-Centurions, those who knew him recognized his culture, scholarly tastes and high ideals. His adventure, years ago, in losing his way for thirty hours without food in the White Mountain forests, was long a tradition of that region.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1926 Century Association Yearbook