William Clark
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American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1603
- Works
- 175
Top works
- Words of Ages
- Marciano; Or, the Discovery
- In the Supreme Court of the state of New York, William Clark, execu'r, &c., plaintiff, against John S. Gilbert, defendant
- The Anglican Reformation
- A confutation of the Rhemists translation, glosses and annotations on the New Testament
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1932-11-15
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 150
- Total plays
- 559
Truck driver turned full time musician this Cat could blow a harp like only a handful can. Died prematurely in his mid-forties in 1996. With only four CD's released, barely enough of his music was shared with us. One of the all time great Blues musicians. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Clark">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,639x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,946x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,024x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,710x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,751x
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Quotes
- “Ocean in view! O! the joy”
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Key facts
- Appointed by
- James Madison
- Preceded by
- Benjamin Howard
- Succeeded by
- Alexander McNair
- Born
- ( 1770-08-01 ) August 1, 1770, Ladysmith , Colony of Virginia
- Died
- September 1, 1838 (1838-09-01) (aged 68), St. Louis, Missouri , U.S.
- Spouses
- Julia Hancock ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1808 ; died 1820 ) Harriet Kennerly Radford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1820 ; died 1831 )
- Relations
- Jonathan Clark (brother) George Rogers Clark (brother)
- Children
- 6, including Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr.
- Occupation
- Soldier explorer politician
- Branch
- Kentucky Militia , Infantry , Artillery , Louisiana Militia
- Service years
- 1789-1791 (Kentucky Militia) , 1792–1796 (Army), 1804–1807 (Army), 1807-1814 (Louisiana Militia)
- Rank
- Ensign (Kentucky Militia) , Lieutenant (Regular Army) , Brigadier General (Militia)
- Unit
- Legion of the United States , Regiment of Artillerists
- Commands
- Corps of Discovery
- Conflicts
- Northwest Indian War Battle of Fallen Timbers War of 1812
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- William Clark-Charles Willson Peale.jpg
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- William Clark (explorer)
- date of birth
- 1770-08-01
- date of death
- 1838-09-01
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- name in native language
- William Clark
- P6944
- William Clark
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William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri.
Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806 across the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean, the first major effort to explore and map much of what is now the Western United States and to assert American claims to the Pacific Northwest. Before the expedition, he served in a militia and the United States Army. Afterward, he served in a militia and as governor of the Missouri Territory. From 1822 until his death in 1838, he served as a U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs in St. Louis.