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Robert Hartshorne

Farmer

Centurion, 1915–1927

Born 9 July 1866 in San Francisco, California

Died 13 January 1927 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Hartshorne Family Cemetery, Middletown, New Jersey

Proposed by Charles Collins and George Blagden

Elected 3 April 1915 at age forty-eight

Century Memorial

Robert Hartshorne was not one of the older members of the Century, having been admitted in 1915, but his recognized qualities as collector and club associate had led to his choice for the Board of Management a year ago, a place which, as fate decreed, he was permitted to fill only at one meeting. Hartshorne was reserved in manner, yet altogether clubable in his instincts and genial in his personal associations. As a collector of rare works of literature and art, he was notable even in our membership, and his collections were supplemented by his own great learning in both fields.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook