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Clarence Day Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Nov 18, 1874
  • Died: Dec 28, 1935

Clarence Shepard Day, Jr. (November 18, 1874 - December 28, 1935) was an American author. Born in New York City, he attended St. Paul's School and graduated from Yale University in 1896. The following year, he joined the New York Stock Exchange, and became a partner in his father's Wall Street brokerage firm. Day enlisted in the Navy in 1898, but developed crippling arthritis and spent the remainder of his life as a semi-invalid.

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