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Author: Clark, Willis Gaylord

Biography:

CLARK, Willis Gaylord (1808-41: WBIS)

A major Philadelphia poet and editor, he was born in Otisco NY, son of Eliakim Clark and twin brother of Lewis Gaylord Clark, who became famous as editor of Knickerbocker Magazine. In Philadelphia he worked on various literary and religious publications before becoming the chief editor of Relf's Philadelphia Gazette. In 1836 he married Anne Poyntell Caldcleugh, niece of the original publisher, Samuel Relf. Both he and his wife died of tuberculosis. His brother edited his Literary Remains (1847). (DAB) HJ

 

Books written (2):

The Spirit of Life; a Poem. Pronounced before the Franklin Society of Brown University, September 3, 1833.

Philadelphia: Key and Biddle, 1833

The Past and Present, a Comparative View of Idolatry and Religion, as Aids to Learning: A Poem . . . ..

[Bristol PA]: for the Athenian Society of Bristol College by the Bristol College Press, 1834