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Clara Erskine Clement Waters (August 28, 1834, in St. Louis, Missouri – February 29, 1916, in Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American author and traveler.

Clara Erskine Clement
Born28 August 1834 
Died29 February 1916  (aged 81)
OccupationHistorian, writer 
From A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Vol. 3, Architecture (1891) by Clara Erskine Clement
From "A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Vol. 3, Architecture" (1891) by Clara Erskine Clement

Early life


On August 28, 1834, Clement was born as Clara Erskine in St. Louis, Missouri. Clement's father was John Erskine, a businessman. Clement's mother was Harriet Bethiah (Godfrey) Erskine. She was educated at home by private tutors.


Career


Clement's writing career in 1869 with Simple Story of the Orient.


Personal life


In 1852, Clement married James Hazen Clement, a businessman. They moved to Newton, Massachusetts. After the death of her first husband, in 1882 Clement married Edwin Forbes Waters, author and owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser. They resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]

Clement made extensive tours in Europe, visited Palestine and Turkey in 1868, and traveled round the world in 1883/4.[1] Her travels continued later in life.


Selected works


She also translated a volume of Kenan's lectures and Dosia's Daughter, a novel by Henri Gréville, and edited a translation of Carl von Lützow's Treasures of Italian Art.[1]


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