Grosvenor Clarkson
Council of National Defense, Clarkson on the most-left
Grosvenor Clarkson (1882–1937) was an author, publicist,[1] and Director of the Council of National Defense during World War I.
Clarkson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 13, 1882 to Anna Howell and James S. Clarkson.[2] He worked in New Mexico for the Department of the Interior and later for the United States Naval Consulting Board.[3] Afterwards, he was recruited for the Council of National Defense,[4] where he succeeded Walter S. Gifford as Director.[5][6]
After the war, he published a detailed account of his time as Director in Industrial America in the World War.[7]
He was the author of two books:
- An Analysis of the High Cost of Living Problem, as Director; Council of National Defense, (1919)
- Industrial America in the World War; the strategy behind the line, 1917-1918, (1923)
References[]
- ^ The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II, Volume 1
- ^ Clarkson, James Sullivan
- ^ Iron Age, Volume 112
- ^ The American Review of Reviews, Volume 63
- ^ HEADS DEFENSE COUNCIL.; Grosvenor B. Clarkson Succeeds W. S. Gifford as Director., The New York Times
- ^ Grosvenor B. Clarkson, 1882-1937
- ^ Review of Reviews and World's Work, Volume 68
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Categories:
- 1882 births
- American writers
- American publicists
- 1937 deaths