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Henry Clews (August 14, 1834 – January 31, 1923) was an American financier and author. ==Biography== He was born in August 14, 1834〔Ingham, John N. "Clews, Henry." 'Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders, Volume 1'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1983. p172. Digital Scans, 'Google Books' (Web). 7 July 2015.〕 in Staffordshire, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1853. His first job was at an import business, working as a junior clerk. In 1859 he co-founded Livermore, Clews, and Company, what was then the second largest marketer of federal bonds during the United States Civil War. He split away and started Clews and Company in 1877. Henry Clews organized the "Committee of 70," which deposed the corrupt ring associated with William M. Tweed in New York City, and he served as an economic consultant to President Ulysses Grant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clews, Henry entry in Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia )〕 He married the American woman Lucy Madison Worthington; they had two children: Elsie Worthington Clews, an anthropologist, and Henry Clews Jr. (1876–1937), an artist. Towards the end of his life he wrote one of the most famous classics about life on Wall Street entitled "''Fifty Years in Wall Street''".〔Clews, Henry. Fifty Years in Wall Street "Twenty-Eight Years in Wall Street," Revised and Enlarged by a Resume of the Past Twenty-Two Years, Making a Record of Fifty Years in Wall Street. New York: Irving Pub. Co, 1908. 〕 He died of bronchitis in New York City, New York on January 31, 1923.〔 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「Henry Clews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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