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  1. Jonas Gilman Clark (February 1, 1815 – May 23, 1900) was an American businessman, and the founder of Clark University. He started his business career in Massachusetts, before moving to California in the 1850s. He had a successful entrepreneurial career.

  2. Jonas Gilman Clark. American businessman. Learn about this topic in these articles: establishment of Clark University. In Clark University. …Clark University was established by Jonas Gilman Clark, a Worcester native and successful merchant, and G. Stanley Hall, a psychologist and first president of the university.

  3. Apr 5, 2012 · Jonas Gilman Clark was born in the hardscrabble town of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, on February 1, 1815. Granville Stanley Hall was born about 80 miles west in the hardscrabble town of Ashfield, Massachusetts, on February 1, 1844. Their humble beginnings were about the only thing they shared.

  4. Jonas Gilman Clark. 1815–1900 • Male. Susan Wright. 1816–1904 • Female. Marriage. 5 October 1836 Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. View All. Parents and Siblings. William Smith Clark Sr. 1784–1870 • Male. Elizabeth 'Betsey' Clark. 1786–1857 • Female. Siblings (8) Simpson Clark II. 1803–1833 • Male.

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  5. Jonas Gilman Clark, 1815–1900, founder of Clark Univ., b. Hubbardston, Mass. After a long career in business and finance, he became interested in higher education, making extended trips of observation abroad and interviewing American college presidents.

  6. Fortunes begun in California could be used to raise the migrants’ status and permitted them to engage in European travel, book and art collecting, and philanthropy. This article describes the California years of Jonas Gilman Clark, who in 1887 founded a new university in central Massachusetts. Dr.

  7. Dec 31, 2014 · Jonas Gilman Clark. by. [Clark, Susan (Wright)] Publication date. 1900. Topics. Clark, Jonas Gilman, 1815-1900. Publisher. [New York, Atlantic publishing and engraving co. Collection. library_of_congress; americana. Contributor. The Library of Congress. Language. English. [55] p. 28 x 21 cm. Notes. no numbered pages. Addeddate. 2009-07-29 10:39:00.

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