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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.〔 In his leisure time, he was a prominent cricket player in Philadelphia-area clubs,〔 served as commodore of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club,〔 and was a part-owner of the Irolita Kennels. ==Biography== He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 1857.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Walter Clark )〕 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,〔 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.〔 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.〔 In 1925, he bought the yacht ''Resolute''. In 1930, with Winthrop Aldrich and Vincent Astor, he financed the sloop ''Enterprise'' to compete in the America's Cup.〔 He died on April 4, 1946, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Walter Clark, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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