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A. Augustus Low

Importer/Civic Affairs

Centurion, 1881–1912

Full Name Abbot Augustus Low

Born 12 May 1844 in New York (Brooklyn), New York

Died 25 September 1912 in New York (Brooklyn), New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by George Cabot Ward and Abiel Abbot Low

Elected 5 March 1881 at age thirty-six

Archivist’s Note: Son of Abiel Abbot Low (his seconder); brother of Seth Low; uncle of Benjamin R. C. Low and Seth Low Pierrepont

Century Memorial

Abbot Augustus Low of Brooklyn, brother of our former Mayor [Seth Low], and actively interested in many charities

Henry Osborn Taylor
1913 Century Association Yearbook