Edward White Clark
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Edward White Clark was the head of E. W. Clark & Company, a prominent financial firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. He married Mary T. Sill on July 18, 1855, and had six children, including Edward Walter Clark, Jr.
and Joseph Sill Clark, Sr..
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
. This marked the university's first step toward creating the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
. He died in 1904.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
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Biography
He was born on January 20, 1828 to Enoch White ClarkEnoch White Clark
Enoch White Clark was the founder of E. W. Clark & Co., a prominent financial firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that helped the U.S. government finance the Mexican–American War...
. He married Mary T. Sill on July 18, 1855, and had six children, including Edward Walter Clark, Jr.
Edward Walter Clark, Jr.
Edward Walter Clark, Jr. was commodore of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club and senior partner in the E. W. Clark & Co. investment house.-Biography:He was born in 1858 to Edward White Clark and Mary Todhunter Sill...
and Joseph Sill Clark, Sr..
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
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. This marked the university's first step toward creating the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, commonly called The Penn Museum, is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-History:An internationally renowned...
. He died in 1904.