Edward Walter Clark Jr.
| Edward Walter Clark | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 17, 1857 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Employer | E. W. Clark & Co. |
| Children | Edward Walter Clark III |
| Parent(s) | Edward White Clark |
| Relatives | Enoch White Clark, grandfather Clarence Munroe Clark, brother Joseph Sill Clark Sr., brother Percy Hamilton Clark, brother |
Edward Walter Clark (May 17, 1857 - April 4, 1946) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and banker who was also noted as a first-class cricketer, yachtsman, and a breeder of cocker spaniels.
A third-generation member of the Clark banking family, Clark was a senior partner in the E. W. Clark & Co. investment house, a vice president of the First National Bank of Philadelphia, and a manager of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company.[1] In his leisure time, he was a prominent cricket player in Philadelphia-area clubs,[2] served as commodore of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club,[1][3] and was a part-owner of the Irolita Kennels.
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Biography
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 1857.[2] He was the eldest of six siblings, including a brother, Clarence Munroe Clark, born to Mary Todhunter Sill (1835-1908) and Edward White Clark (1828-1904). His grandfather was Enoch White Clark (1802-1856). Edward was called "Jr." to distinguish him from his father.
Clark, who attended Germantown Academy and the University of Pennsylvania,[1]
He married Lydia Jane Newhall (1858-1936) on October 31, 1882, in Philadelphia. They had two sons, George Newhall Clark (1887-1906), who died while at Harvard of influenza; and Sydney Procter Clark; and two daughters, Frances Clark Stoddard, and Christine Clark Willetts.[1]
In 1904, he became a senior partner at E. W. Clark & Co.
He became a trustee of the Pomfret School, and gave the school a dormitory, Dunworth, in 1905. In 1907, he donated the Clark Memorial Chapel to honor his deceased son.[1]
In 1925, he bought the yacht Resolute.[4] In 1930, with Winthrop Aldrich and Vincent Astor, he financed the sloop Enterprise to compete in the America's Cup.[1]
He died on April 4, 1946, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
Clubs
He was a member of the Rittenhouse Club, the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, the Germantown Cricket Club, the Union League, the New York Yacht Club.[1]
Cricket
Clark was a prominent cricketer, playing as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium bowler, bowling in the round-arm style. His career in front-rank American cricket lasted from 1877 to 1906, during which he played for many different sides.[2]
Between 1880 and 1897, he appeared in 27 matches that are considered as "first-class cricket", some of them all-American games and others against touring teams from England.[5] His highest first-class score was an innings of 147 made in a rather strange match in 1894 in which his team batted for the whole of the two days allotted to the game, which was therefore left drawn.[6]
His brothers Herbert, Joseph, and Percy also played first-class cricket, though Joseph was better known as a tennis champion.
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