Edward White Clark

Edward White Clark
Born	(1828-01-20)January 20, 1828
Died	April 9, 1904(1904-04-09) (aged 76)
Occupation	E. W. Clark & Company
Spouse	Mary Todhunter Sill
Children	Edward Walter Clark II Clarence Munroe Clark Joseph Sill Clark Sr. Herbert L. Clark Marion Clark Percy Hamilton Clark
Parent(s)	Enoch White Clark Sarah Crawford Dodge
Relatives	Clarence Howard Clark Sr., brother J. Hinckley Clark, brother Frank Hamilton Clark, brother

Edward White Clark (January 20, 1828 – April 9, 1904) was the head of E. W. Clark & Company, a prominent financial firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3]

Biography

He was born on January 20, 1828, to Enoch White Clark, a member of the Clark banking family and Sarah Crawford Dodge.^[2][4] He married Mary T. Sill on July 18, 1855, and had six children:^[5] Edward Walter II (1858–1946), Clarence Munroe (1859–1937), Joseph Sill Sr. (1861–1956), Herbert L. (1865–1940), Marion (1867–1938), and Percy Hamilton (1873–1965).

Clark developed an interest in Assyriology and Egyptology, and along with his brother Clarence, endowed the Chair in Babylonian Research at the University of Pennsylvania.^[6] This marked the university's first step toward creating the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.^[7] He died on April 9, 1904.^[3]

References

1. Jenkins, Howard Malcolm; Seilhamer, George Oberkirsh (1898). "Edward W. Clark". Memorial history of the city of Philadelphia, from its first settlement to year 1895. ISBN 9785871274941. Retrieved 2010-12-08 – via Google Books. Clark, Edward W., banker, of Philadelphia, the oldest son of Enoch W. Clark and his wife Sarah C. (Dodge) Clark, was born in Providence, R. I. January 28, 1828, and came with his parents to Philadelphia in January. 1837. He is the head of the firm of E. W. Clark & Co., which was first organized in January, 1837, by his father (whose biography is given in a preceding sketch), and his uncle on his mother's side, Edward Dodge. He received his education principally at the Central High School of Philadelphia, and entered the banking house as office boy in 1844. In 1849 he became a member of the firm, which, at that time, included Mr. Jay Cooke, whose biography also appears in this work.
2. "Edward W. Clark". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 1896. Retrieved 2010-12-08 – via Google Books. Clark, Edward W., banker, was born in Providence, R. I., Jan. 28, 1828, the oldest son of Enoch and Sarah (Dodge) Clark, and came with his parents to Philadelphia in January, 1837. He received his education principally at the Central High School of Philadelphia, and entered the banking house as office boy in 1844. In 1849 he became a member of the firm, which at that time included Jay Cooke. ...
3. "DEATHS OF THE DAY E. W. Clark". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 194. 10 April 1904. Page 3, column 5. Retrieved 20 February 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
4. Edward W. Clark passport application of 1888. United States Department of State. 1888. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
5. Young, John Russell; Jenkins, Howard Malcolm; Seilhamer, George Oberkirsh (1898). Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, from Its First Settlement to Year 1895: Special and biographical. New York History Company. ISBN 978-5-87127-494-1 – via Google Books.
6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1905. p. 88 – via Google Books.
7. "Clark and Madeira Family Papers, 1820 - 1942 (bulk 1850 - 1925)". Archival Collections. University of Pennsylvania University Archives and Records Center. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.