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Yale College
29
GEORGE REDINGTON
MONTGOMERY
BA 1892
Born June 17, 1870, tn Marash, Turkey
Died November 29,1945, tn Stamford,
Conn
Father, Rev Giles Foster Montgomery
(BA Middlebury i860; BD Lane Theological Seminary 1863), a missionary in
Turkey, son of Sereno and Hannah (Foster) Montgomery of Walden, Vt Mother,
Emily (Redmgton) Montgomery, daughter of Rev John Harris Redmgton (grad
Auburn Theological Seminary 1834) and
Emily (Washburn) Redmgton of Moscow,
NY Yale relatives include a daughter-in-
law, Margaret Alison Thorns Montgomery,
BF.A 1942
St Johnsbury (Vt) Academy Second
DeForest Mathematical Prize Freshman
and Junior years, two-year honors in modern languages and natural and physical
science Junior and Senior years, dissertation
appointment Junior year, oration appointment Senior year, member Phi Gamma
Delta Attended Yale Law School 1892-
94 (LL B 1894, member Book and Gavel)
Went to Turkey in 1894 (studied French
and Turkish law and taught in Smyrna
1894-95, news correspondent United Press
and Central News Association, Constantinople, 1895-96), special correspondent
London Daily Graphic 1896-97 (traveled
in Armenia), war correspondent London
Standard during Greco-Turkish War, attended University of Berlin 1897-98, Yale
Divinity School 1898-1900 (BD 1900),
and Yale Graduate School 1900-01 (Ph D
1901), lecturer in philosophy Yale University 1900-04, ordained in Olivet Congregational Church, Bridgeport, Conn ,1901 and
minister there 1901-04, acting professor of
philosophy Carleton College 1904-05, associated with Gutzon Borglum, sculptor,
New York City, 1905-06, assistant minister
Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New
York City, 1906-16, special assistant to
American Ambassador to Turkey 1916-17,
acting chief, Storage and Distribution Division, Civilian Air Service, Pans, 1917, secre
tary Pans division YMCA 1918, specialist
in department of Western Asia, Pans Peace
Conference, 1918-19, technical adviser,
Commission on Mandates, Turkey, 1919,
assistant professor of French, Yale University, 1919-20, director Armenia Amenca
Society 1920-23 and Baltic America Society
1923-25, assistant secretary Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in America 1920-
25, minister Noroton (Conn ) Presbyterian
Church 1925-40, minister emeritus 1940-
45, chief editorial writer Stamford Advocate 1929-45, alumni lecturer Yale Divinity
School 1911-12, lecturer in philosophy
New York University 1912-16; summer
lecturer YMCA conference, Silver Bay,
N Y , secretary and treasurer Presbytenan
Union, moderator Connecticut Valley
Presbytery 1928, author Talking English
(1898), Key tn the Japanese Language to
Montgomery's Tal\ing English, and Key
in the Spanish Language to Montgomery's
Talking Enghsh, The Place of Values
(1903), The Unexplored Self (1910), and
English Language Sounds (1943), translated Leibnitz's Metaphysics (1903), contributed numerous articles and reviews to
philosophical journals and the religious
press, member American Philosophical
Society and American Psychological Association
Married (1) June 25, 1902, in Wakefield,
Mass, Emily Elizabeth Emerson (B A
Smith 1897), daughter of Rev Frederic
Emerson and Rhoda (Howard) Emerson
and sister of Roger F Emerson, '06 S Son
Roger Emerson, '25 Mrs Montgomery
died May 1, 1904 Married (2) August 7,
1907, in Short Beach, Conn, Helen Merwin, daughter of Newton William and
Abigail Grace (Peck) Perkins Children
Marshall Hugh (B A Middlebury 1931)
and Giles Newton (B S Middlebury 1933)
Mrs Montgomery died May 29, 1931
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried
in Spring Grove Cemetery, Danen, Conn
Survived by children, five grandchildren,
a sister, Mary Montgomery Borglum '(BA
Wellesley 1896, PhD Berlin 1901) of
Stamford, and a brother, Rev Marshall
Foster Montgomery (B D Faribault Seminary 1895) of Franklin, NH
Object Description
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
Description
| Title | Page 29 |
| Transcript | Yale College 29 GEORGE REDINGTON MONTGOMERY BA 1892 Born June 17, 1870, tn Marash, Turkey Died November 29,1945, tn Stamford, Conn Father, Rev Giles Foster Montgomery (BA Middlebury i860; BD Lane Theological Seminary 1863), a missionary in Turkey, son of Sereno and Hannah (Foster) Montgomery of Walden, Vt Mother, Emily (Redmgton) Montgomery, daughter of Rev John Harris Redmgton (grad Auburn Theological Seminary 1834) and Emily (Washburn) Redmgton of Moscow, NY Yale relatives include a daughter-in- law, Margaret Alison Thorns Montgomery, BF.A 1942 St Johnsbury (Vt) Academy Second DeForest Mathematical Prize Freshman and Junior years, two-year honors in modern languages and natural and physical science Junior and Senior years, dissertation appointment Junior year, oration appointment Senior year, member Phi Gamma Delta Attended Yale Law School 1892- 94 (LL B 1894, member Book and Gavel) Went to Turkey in 1894 (studied French and Turkish law and taught in Smyrna 1894-95, news correspondent United Press and Central News Association, Constantinople, 1895-96), special correspondent London Daily Graphic 1896-97 (traveled in Armenia), war correspondent London Standard during Greco-Turkish War, attended University of Berlin 1897-98, Yale Divinity School 1898-1900 (BD 1900), and Yale Graduate School 1900-01 (Ph D 1901), lecturer in philosophy Yale University 1900-04, ordained in Olivet Congregational Church, Bridgeport, Conn ,1901 and minister there 1901-04, acting professor of philosophy Carleton College 1904-05, associated with Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, New York City, 1905-06, assistant minister Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1906-16, special assistant to American Ambassador to Turkey 1916-17, acting chief, Storage and Distribution Division, Civilian Air Service, Pans, 1917, secre tary Pans division YMCA 1918, specialist in department of Western Asia, Pans Peace Conference, 1918-19, technical adviser, Commission on Mandates, Turkey, 1919, assistant professor of French, Yale University, 1919-20, director Armenia Amenca Society 1920-23 and Baltic America Society 1923-25, assistant secretary Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America 1920- 25, minister Noroton (Conn ) Presbyterian Church 1925-40, minister emeritus 1940- 45, chief editorial writer Stamford Advocate 1929-45, alumni lecturer Yale Divinity School 1911-12, lecturer in philosophy New York University 1912-16; summer lecturer YMCA conference, Silver Bay, N Y , secretary and treasurer Presbytenan Union, moderator Connecticut Valley Presbytery 1928, author Talking English (1898), Key tn the Japanese Language to Montgomery's Tal\ing English, and Key in the Spanish Language to Montgomery's Talking Enghsh, The Place of Values (1903), The Unexplored Self (1910), and English Language Sounds (1943), translated Leibnitz's Metaphysics (1903), contributed numerous articles and reviews to philosophical journals and the religious press, member American Philosophical Society and American Psychological Association Married (1) June 25, 1902, in Wakefield, Mass, Emily Elizabeth Emerson (B A Smith 1897), daughter of Rev Frederic Emerson and Rhoda (Howard) Emerson and sister of Roger F Emerson, '06 S Son Roger Emerson, '25 Mrs Montgomery died May 1, 1904 Married (2) August 7, 1907, in Short Beach, Conn, Helen Merwin, daughter of Newton William and Abigail Grace (Peck) Perkins Children Marshall Hugh (B A Middlebury 1931) and Giles Newton (B S Middlebury 1933) Mrs Montgomery died May 29, 1931 Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Danen, Conn Survived by children, five grandchildren, a sister, Mary Montgomery Borglum '(BA Wellesley 1896, PhD Berlin 1901) of Stamford, and a brother, Rev Marshall Foster Montgomery (B D Faribault Seminary 1895) of Franklin, NH |
