Alexander Hamilton Church

His father was the grandson of Philip Schuyler, a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York.

There were some rumors that his father was an illegitimate son of Alexander Hamilton, who had married another of General Schuyler's daughters.

[9] Late 19th century he was mentored by J. Slater Lewis (author of "The Commercial Organization of Factories"), and started writing on accountancy and management, publishing his first article in the Engineering Magazine in 1890.

[9] Church became known as one of the pioneers in reducing the commercial organization of factories to the basis of a science, a work in which he was associated with J. Slater Lewis in Britain.

[12] In the United States Church worked with L.P. Alford and developed a systems of management principles partly based on the ideas of Charles Babbage.