About Emily Tapscott Clark
Lived 1892 – 1953 (aged 60–61). Emily Tapscott Clark was an American editor and writer.
Emily Tapscott Clark Balch (September 8, 1892 – July 2, 1953) was an American writer and editor. She is best known for co-founding the literary magazine The Reviewer.
Biography Born Emily Tapscott Clark on September 8, 1892, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, to Nancy Douglas Tapscott and William Meade Clark, she attended Virginia Randolph Ellett School for Girls (now St. Catherine's School).
She wrote reviews for the Richmond Evening-Journal until the book page was no longer published. In 1920, she co-founded the literary magazine The Reviewer. In 1931, Knopf published her book Innocence Abroad.
Clark died on July 2, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged 60.
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American editor and writer (1892-1953)
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Emily Tapscott Clark was born on 8 September 1892 in Richmond.
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Emily Tapscott Clark died in 1953 in Philadelphia.
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