Montgomery Schuyler
Montgomery Schuyler | |
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Born | Hobart College | August 19, 1843
Occupation(s) | Writer, critic |
Employer(s) | The New York Times, Harper's Weekly, The Sun |
Spouse |
Katherine Beeckman Livingston
(m. 1876; died 1914) |
Children | Montgomery Schuyler Jr. Robert Livingston Schuyler |
Parent(s) | Rev. Anthony Schuyler Eleanor Johnson |
Montgomery Schuyler AIA, (August 19, 1843,
Early life
Schuyler was born in
His paternal grandparents were Alborn Schuyler (b. 1788) and Caroline (née Butler) Schuyler.[3] The Schuylers were one of the oldest families in New York, descendants of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, who settled in Beverwyck (now Albany, New York) in 1650, through his son Arent Schuyler (1662–1730) and his son Casparus Schuyler (1695–1754). His maternal grandparents were Ben Johnson (1783–1848) and Jane (née Dey) Johnson (1798–1881).[3]
Schuyler entered
Professional career
In 1865, at the end of the American Civil War, Schuyler came to New York and worked as an editorial writer on The World before leaving to join the editorial staff of The New York Times in 1883. He worked as an editorial writer for The New York Times for twenty-four years.[1] During his time at The Times, he wrote many articles, including articles about the architecture of Washington, D.C.,[4] about the 3,000 miles between New York and California,[5] about the work of William Wordsworth,[6] the work of Russell Sturgis,[7] and the work of Henry James.[8]
In the 1870s, Schuyler supported
"It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace, but a bridge."[11]
From 1885–1887, he was managing editor of
In 1892, he published his seminal work, American Architecture Studies
Later life
He retired from the New York Times in 1907 and moved to New Rochelle, New York, "taking an active interest in local affairs, acting in an advisory capacity on questions of beautifying the city and the artistic and harmonious architectural development of the town."[1]
Schuyler was a member of the
Personal life
In 1876, he married
- U.S. Minister to El Salvador.[17]
- Robert Livingston Schuyler (1883–1966), who served as president of the American Historical Association.[18]
Schuyler's wife died on July 7, 1914. Schuyler died of
Published works
- Westward the Course of Empire
- Studies in American Architecture
- The Brooklyn Bridge (with W. C. Conant)
- Articles for Harper's Magazine
- "Recent Building in New York" (September 1883)
- "The Metropolitan Opera-house" (November 1883)
- "Glimpses of western architecture. III.—St. Paul and Minneapolis" (October 1891)
- "Glimpses of western architecture. Chicago.—II" (September 1891)
- "Glimpses of western architecture. Chicago.—I" (August 1891)
- American Architecture Studies (1892), Harper & Brothers Publishers
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "OLD MEMBER OF TIMES STAFF DEAD; Montgomery Schuyler, Editorial Writer for 24 Years, Succumbs of Pneumonia" (PDF). The New York Times. July 17, 1914. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ a b c "DEATH LIST OF A DAY.; Anthony Schuyler". The New York Times. November 23, 1900. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ a b Cutter, William Richard (1913). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation ... Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 283. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Schuyler, Montgomery (January 19, 1902). "The Nation's New Capital". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Schuyler, Montgomery (February 4, 1906). ""Westward the Course of Empire"; A Survey of Three Thousand Miles of Triumphant Democracy as Seen by a Passenger on the Los-Angeles Limited". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Schuyler, Montgomery (January 20, 1906). "WORDSWORTH.; A New Volume Containing the Poet's Prose, and Another with an English Anthology of His Selection". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Schuyler, Montgomery (September 14, 1907). "NEW HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE; Russell Sturgis Writes the Best English Work of Its Kind and Scope -- Use of the Photograph and the Half-tone Engraving Enhances Value". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Schuyler, Montgomery (January 11, 1908). "HENRY JAMES DONE OVER.; Novelist Is Issuing Definitive Edition of His Work, Revised and With Interpretive Prefaces -- First Two Volumes Are Out. RECENSION OF REVOLUTIONARY SCOPE Later Mannerisms Forced Into Earlier Text to Detriment of Its Vigor. HENRY JAMES AS HIS OWN INTERPRETER. HENRY JAMES". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ISBN 9781856694599. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781421409269. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ a b The Bridge As A Monument. Harper's Magazine Company. 1883. p. 326 – via HathiTrust. Quoted in David P. Billington, The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering (1983), p.17
- ^ "Walt Whitman Archive - Walt Whitman's Correspondence - The Walt Whitman Archive". whitmanarchive.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9780141932323. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Schuyler, Montgomery (1892). American Architecture Studies. New York: Harper & Brothers. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ "M. SCHUYLER; 78, AN EX-DIPLOMAT Former State Department Aide Dies -- Banker Was Russian Affairs Expert". The New York Times. November 2, 1955. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson University. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Schuyler". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ "ROBERT SCHUYLER, LONG AT COLUMBIA; Ex-History Professor Dies --Authority on Britain Colleagues His Students View of Inevitable 'Laws'". The New York Times. August 16, 1966. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
External links
- Montgomery Schuyler at archINFORM
- Links to his books on Amazon.com
- Review by Ralph Coe, eds.Montgomery Schuyler: American Architecture and Other Writings. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962)
- Schuyler's quotes on American bridges