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Robert K. Weeks

Poet

Centurion, 1873–1876

Full Name Robert Kelley Weeks

Born 21 September 1840 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 13 April 1876 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Proposed by Frank E. Kernochan and Buchanan Winthrop

Elected 5 April 1873 at age thirty-two

Century Memorial

A like devotion to its interests, and a like capacity for an intelligent part in its control [referring to George Palen], were justly expected from Robert Kelly Weeks, who, during the few years of his connection with the Century, impressed those who knew him well as a marked character, of positive qualities and high ability.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1877 Century Association Reports