Clara Erskine Clement


Clara Erskine Clement Waters was an American author and traveler.

Early life

On August 28, 1834, Clement was born as Clara Erskine in Milford, Massachusetts. Clement's father was John Erskine, a businessman. Clement's mother was Harriet Bethiah 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.
Clement made extensive tours in Europe, visited Palestine and Turkey in 1868, and traveled round the world in 1883/4. 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.