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Frederick E. Hyde

Physician

Centurion, 1899–1936

Full Name Frederick Erastus Hyde

Born 25 February 1844 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 16 September 1936 in East Hampton, New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by George Sherman and Francis Lynde Stetson

Elected 3 June 1899 at age fifty-five

Archivist’s Note: Father of B. Talbot Hyde

Century Memorial

Frederick Erastus Hyde could look back at a full life. A man who was born before our Mexican War, who served in the Civil War and as mining prospector fought the Indians in what was then described as “the Great American Desert,” could certainly claim to have participated in his country’s history. But Dr. Hyde, after passing his ninetieth year, had much more to look back upon than contacts with early American history. Quite aside from his medical affiliations, he was a persistent traveler in all parts of the world, a member of half a dozen New York clubs; he had shared in the most varied activities of his time.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1937 Century Association Yearbook