Dates

• Existence: 1808 October 5 - 1841 June 12

Biography

Willis Gaylord Clark was born in Otisco, New York to Elikim Clark and Lucy Driggs Clark with his twin brother Lewis Gaylord Clark on October 5, 1808.

He married Ann Poyntell Cladcleugh June 8, 1836

Clark wrote a series of amusing articles called Ollapodiana for the magazine The Knickerbocker. Among his best known poems is The Spirit of Life (1833). In the latter part of his life, he was the chief editor of the Philadelphia Gazette. Clark died from tuberculosis in Philadelphia, June 12, 1841. His Literary Remains were published in 1844, and a reissue of his collected poems in 1847.