Clifford Warren Ashley

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Clifford Warren Ashley

Birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Sep 1947 (aged 65)
Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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American artist, author, sailor, & knot expert. He was the son of Abiel Davis Ashley & Caroline Morse. Ashley married Sarah Scudder Clark in 1932 & had two daughters, also adopting his wife's oldest daughter from a previous marriage. Ashley is perhaps most famous for The Ashley Book of Knots (1944), an encyclopedic reference manual with directions for and illustrations of thousands of knots. Ashley also wrote The Yankee Whaler (1926) and The Whaleships of New Bedford (1929), studies of sperm whaling in New England in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
American artist, author, sailor, & knot expert. He was the son of Abiel Davis Ashley & Caroline Morse. Ashley married Sarah Scudder Clark in 1932 & had two daughters, also adopting his wife's oldest daughter from a previous marriage. Ashley is perhaps most famous for The Ashley Book of Knots (1944), an encyclopedic reference manual with directions for and illustrations of thousands of knots. Ashley also wrote The Yankee Whaler (1926) and The Whaleships of New Bedford (1929), studies of sperm whaling in New England in the late 18th century and early 19th century.

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Clifford Warren Ashley
son of A. Davis and
Caroline Morse Ashley
Dec. 18, 1881
Sept. 18, 1947

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