Background
Clark, William Smith was born on July 31, 1826 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor Atherton and Harriet (Smith) Clark.
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Clark, William Smith was born on July 31, 1826 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor Atherton and Harriet (Smith) Clark.
Graduate Amherst College, 1848. Doctor of Philosophy, Gottingen University, 1852.
Teacher natural science Williston Seminary, 1848-1850. Professor of chemistry Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1852, professor zoology, 1853, professor botany, 1854. Member-at-large Massachusetts State Board Agriculture, 1859-1861.
Commissioned major 21st Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861, lieutenant colonel, 1862, colonel, 1862.
Returned to Amherst; presidential elector, secretary Electoral College, 1864. Member Massachusetts General Court, 1864, 65, 67.
President, also professor botany and horticulture Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1867-1879. Organizer, president Imperial College of Agriculture in Japan, 1867-1877.
Author: The Phenomena of Plant Life, 1875.
Member-at-large Massachusetts State Board Agriculture, 1859-1861. Member Massachusetts General Court, 1864, 65, 67.
Married Harrietta Richards, May 25, 1853, 11 children.